Sage General Practice

In the Autumn podcast Dr Madeline Lameris interviews Dr Nick Steel and Dr Alice Shiner about their article on managing multimorbidity in primary care. Dr David Scott, our resident psychiatry trainee, interviews Veronica Beckett, a sex therapist with Relate about sex therapy and  psychosexual disorders. Finally, Dr Tim Crossman, GP trainee, interviews Mr Tom Walker, Maxillofacial surgeon, about the...

The Spring podcast is our Women's Health Special, coinciding with the March special edition of the paper journal. In this podcast you can hear Dr Emma Tait, a GP Registrar, interview Dr Bavithra Nathan, Consultant in Sexual Health, on how to manage genital herpes in Primary Care. Dr David Scott, a psychiatry trainee, discusses perinatal mental health with Dr Jo Black (Consultant Perinatal Psychiat...

General Practice is, in some ways, the most difficult of the medical professions because most of what comes through the door is people in distress for whom we don’t have a biomedical diagnosis who need our humanity, who need, dare I say it, our compassion. Or at least our willingness to hear them without holding it back behind emotional armour. To do a good job in general practice you have to be s...

In this joint RCGP and InnovAiT podcast special we help prepare you for the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) exam for MRCGP. We hear about successful revision techniques, processes and top tips from trainees, trainers and the RCGP deputy lead for the AKT.

In this conference special we learn about the various awards and bursaries available to help you attend the RCGP national conferences and give you a feel of what the conference is like. Join us at the RCGP National Conference 2014 in Liverpool where Dr Simon Glew interviews Dr Alec Logan, about his book, the “good GP training guide” and then hear the full AiT conference session: “Health economics...

In the Summer podcast we hear from Dr Sadiya Ayaz as she interviews Dr Caroline Oliver about ARCP panels and how to avoid them. Dr Rebecca Fisher interviews Dr Simon Street on the move from Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) to Clinical Examination and Procedural Skills (CEPS). Dr Beth Chapman brings us the first of 3 interviews about psychosis with Dr Mike Metcalfe and Dr Emma Cousins...

This podcast marks a change from a monthly to quarterly release frequency. In this season’s podcast we will be hearing from Dr Sadiya Ayaz as she discusses infertility with Dr Claire Quiggin. Dr Shabana Alam-Zahir interviews Dr Graham Martin about health inequalities for people with learning difficulties. Dr Dhrushil Patel interviews Dr Helen Carslaw about her article on viral infections in pregna...

The CSA special covers everything the GP trainee needs to know about the exam from the perspectives of all of the key players involved and includes their top tips to help you pass. The RCGP chief examiner, Dr Pauline Foreman, is interviewed about her aspirations for the CSA, the legal challenge by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and the subsequent judicial review, the cost o...

In this month’s podcast we hear from Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the General Practitioner Committee, who is interviewed about the GPC and the BMA’s your GP cares campaign by Dr Pooja Arora, GP registrar. Dr Kamal Hussain, GP, interviews Dr Nazia Hussain, GP, on her article “Iron deficiency anaemia” from the July edition of Innovait. Dr Beth Chapman, psychiatry registrar, discusses a psychotherapeu...

In this month’s podcast we hear from Dr Chantal Simon, executive editor of InnovAiT, about her article on “Medical writing, editing and publishing”. Dr Sadiya Ayaz and Dr Claire Quiggin discuss the diagnosis and management of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Dr Beth Chapman interviews Dr Richard Laugharne about Medically Unexplained Symptoms. We also have the AKT question and Dr Emma Nash gives us an...

In this month’s podcast Dr Neha G upta interviews Dr Kunal Chawathey about his article, Male contraception. We hear about the exciting life of a rural GP from Dr Gordon Baird in an interview with Dr Anne Parfitt Rogers. Dr Beth Chapman discusses the use of Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder with Dr Richard Laugharne.  All this and the News and Vi...

In this month’s podcast we hear from Dr Sangeetha Sornalingam, who Dr Simon Glew interviews about her journal article “hirsutism”. We have a follow-up interview between Dr John Gillies, Chair of RCGP Scotland and Dr Hannah McCarthy. This time they discuss his career, RCGP Scotland, leadership, training across the United Kingdom, the e-portfolio, what Dr Gillies believes makes a good GP and interna...

In this month’s podcast along with News and views and the AKT question Dr Elinor Gunning and Dr Emma Richards return, this time with Dr Laura Garnham, to discuss two of the articles in this month’s print journal: management of adult obesity and health needs of the homeless. Dr Beth Chapman discusses depression in the elderly and its management with Dr Sally Thomas and Dr Henry Cameron. Finally, Dr...

In this month’s podcast Dr Eugene Tang interviews Dr Beth Hall-Thompson about her article, Travelling to Altitude; Dr Helen Lawal finds out more from Dr Beth Griggs about a fascinating project, The Year of Care Partnership ; Dr Clare Gerada, past Chair of the RCGP, speaks to us about her involvement with The Practitioner Health Programme; and t he Mental Capacity Act comes under the spotlight.   h...

Oral Health Special: Dr Hilary Nash interviews Dr Timothy Crossman about 'the oral manifestations of systemic disease'. In two separate interviews Timothy discusses points from NICE CG27 'referral for suspected cancer' relevant to oral health and Mr Tom Walker talks about maxillofacial surgery.

Dementia Special: Dr Beth Chapman discusses the use of antipsychotic agents in dementia with Dr Sally Thomas and Dr Henry Cameron (consultant psychiatrists). Dr Eugene Tang interviews Dr Lisa Newton about her article on assistive technologies to maximise independence in people with dementia. Dr Sangeetha Sornalingam, Deputy Chair of the BMA GP Trainee Subcommittee, interviews the Chairman Dr Krish...

Dr John Gillies (the chair of RCGP Scotland) discusses “The challenges of generalism” with Edinburgh trainee Dr Hannah McCarthy. Dr Beth Chapman, interviews Amy Osborne about the links between physical and mental health and social issues encountered by people suffering from mental illness. Dr Zalan Alam interviews GP turned Chief Executive of Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Dr Kate Fal...

Dr Elinor Gunning, Dr Emma Williams and Dr Emma Lees review two InnovAiT articles on genital warts and human papillomavirus vaccination and the health needs of sex workers. Dr Beth Chapman delves in deeper into the National Audit of Schizophrenia with Amy Osborne and Dr Ellen Wilkinson. Finally Dr Anne Parfitt-Rogers discusses the research potential of GPs with Dr Gordon Baird who recorded the fir...

Dr Beth Chapman, Amy Osborne (senior nurse manager for physical health and wellbeing), and Dr Ellen Wilkinson (consultant psychiatrist and Medical Director Cornwall Foundation Trust) discuss the National Audit of Schizophrenia. Dr Helen Lawal interviews Dr Rahhiel Riasat about “mental wellbeing in the workplace for GPs”. Dr Mahomed Saleh presents his summary of the RCGP social media highway code.

Professor Tony Avery, Dr Richard Knox and Dr Rachel Spencer discuss this month's "Good Prescribing" special edition of InnovAiT. The full discussion of the articles is available as a separate podcast. We also hear from Dr Chantal Simon, editor of InnovAiT, on what she enjoys most about the journal and the process of submitting an article for publication in the journal.

Learn about the importance of selecting the right drug, avoiding hazardous prescribing, selecting the right dose, providing the right dose instructions, how to provide the right medication monitoring and about undertaking effective medication reviews.

Nazia Hussain talks about her article on skin cancer. Professor Mike Pringle, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners, discusses his role, what he believes the future has in store for young General Practitioners and how to get involved with the College.

Dr Chantal Simon, the Executive Editor of InnovAiT talks about the development of the journal, Dr Tom Bailey (a GP in Birmingham) discusses his article 'Resuscitation of children', along with a summary of this month’s News and Views, which focuses on the life of Professor Helen Lester and the updated GMC guidance on good medical practice.