Chapter 1: The nature, scope and content of general practice Flashcards
What is defined as that medical discipline which provides ‘community-based, continuing, comprehensive, preventive primary care’,
General practice
What model is being followed by general practice?
CCCP model
What are the other names of general practice?
primary care and family practice
What are the five domains of general practice according to the RACGP?
- communication skills and the doctor–patient
relationship - applied professional knowledge and skills
- population health and the context of general
practice - professional and ethical role
- organisational and legal dimensions
What are the 7 core characteristics of general practice?
1 whole person care 2 person centredness 3 continuity of care 4 comprehensiveness 5 diagnostic and therapeutic skills 6 a command of complexity and uncertainty 7 coordinated clinical teamwork
What are the 6 principles to achieve preventive and personal care?
primary care, family care, domiciliary care and continuing
care
What are the principles of whole-person diagnosis?
1 the disease-centred diagnosis
2 the patient-centred diagnosis
What are the top 4 complaints in Australia based on the third national survey of morbidity in general practice in Australia?
- cough (6.2 per 100 encounters),
- throat complaints (3.8 per 100),
- back complaints (3.6 per 100) and
- upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) (3.2 per 100).
What are the Symptoms and conditions related to litigation?
• acute abdominal pain
• acute chest pain
• breast lumps
• children’s problems, especially the sick febrile
child <2 years, groin pain and lumps
• dyspnoea ± cough (? heart failure, cancer, TB)
• headache
What are the top 5 commonly managed disorders?
- General medical examination
- Hypertension
- URTI
- Immunisation
- Depression