Just a GP

by Denis Pereira Gray
Just a GP
Author: Denis Pereira Gray
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 749
Release: 2024-07-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1003856675
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‘With General Practice currently facing existential challenges, it is truly inspirational to be reminded what determined individuals, with a clear set of intensely human values, can achieve... This is the story of an extraordinary career during a profoundly important phase in the history of British medicine – someone who was justifiably proud to be “just a GP”.’ Sir David Haslam CBE FRCGP Past President and Chairman of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners Past President, British Medical Association Past Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) This autobiography from Sir Denis Pereira Gray offers a unique insight into the life and career of a hugely distinguished and influential general practitioner, from what led him to study medicine, learning his craft in the 1960s, through years of clinical practice and research to senior leadership roles within and outside the Royal College of General Practitioners. Through detailed diaries enlivened by wonderful anecdotes, both personal and professional, Sir Denis shares candidly with the reader a lifetime of experience gained and lessons learned, highly applicable today when general practice is facing many challenges and detractors. Both informative and inspirational, Just a GP is an essential read for many who have journeyed through the profession with Sir Denis and those who are in the midst of or contemplating a career in general practice today.

How Doctors Think

by Jerome Groopman
How Doctors Think
Author: Jerome Groopman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2008-03-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0547348630
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On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong—with catastrophic consequences. In this myth-shattering book, Jerome Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make. Groopman explores why doctors err and shows when and how they can—with our help—avoid snap judgments, embrace uncertainty, communicate effectively, and deploy other skills that can profoundly impact our health. This book is the first to describe in detail the warning signs of erroneous medical thinking and reveal how new technologies may actually hinder accurate diagnoses. How Doctors Think offers direct, intelligent questions patients can ask their doctors to help them get back on track. Groopman draws on a wealth of research, extensive interviews with some of the country’s best doctors, and his own experiences as a doctor and as a patient. He has learned many of the lessons in this book the hard way, from his own mistakes and from errors his doctors made in treating his own debilitating medical problems. How Doctors Think reveals a profound new view of twenty-first-century medical practice, giving doctors and patients the vital information they need to make better judgments together.

The Essential Handbook for GP Training and Education

by Ramesh Mehay
The Essential Handbook for GP Training and Education
Author: Ramesh Mehay
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1025
Release: 2021-07-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000477037
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The much anticipated practical educational manual for General Practice (GP) trainers, programme directors, and other teachers and educators in primary care has finally arrived. This extensive, full-colour guide is written by a select group of hands-on educators who are passionate and knowledgeable. The book captures their wisdom and vast experience in an accessible and practical way. Although it’s aimed at GP training, there are many chapters in this book that are relevant and transferrable to teachers and educators in areas outside of General Practice (and worldwide). We are sure that GP appraisers, Foundation Year trainers and other medical/nursing student educators will find the detailed comprehensive explorations inspirational. Beautifully presented, the chapters cover a wide educational framework employing a variety of presentational methods such as flowcharts, diagrams, conversational pieces, scenarios and anecdotes. Each chapter has a corresponding webpage containing over 300 additional resources - providing practical tools as well as additional reading material. This book was awarded the Royal College of GP’s ‘Paul Freeling Prize’ in 2013 for merititious work in the field of General Practice education. It is also used as the foundation textbook for the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCE) in at least seven UK universities. The Essential Handbook for GP Training and Education adopts a relaxed, personable approach to primary care education that won't leave you with a headache.

Confessions of a GP (The Confessions Series)

by Benjamin Daniels
Confessions of a GP (The Confessions Series)
Author: Benjamin Daniels
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2010-08-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0007399340
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Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.

The GP Consultation Reimagined

by Martin Brunet
The GP Consultation Reimagined
Author: Martin Brunet
Publisher: Scion Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1911510665
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A new and creative way of thinking about the consultation in primary care, for both trainees and practising GPs The book features a unique Two Houses model to help the reader move away from completing a series of tasks to focusing on the two key objectives at the heart of every consultation: Working out what matters (The House of Discovery) Deciding with the patient what to do about it (The House of Decision) Using the rich metaphors contained within these houses, the book explores common pitfalls that can beset those who are learning the craft of consulting in primary care, and encourages the reader to fill their toolbox with the skills needed to develop their own patient-centred consultation style. The GP Consultation Reimagined is based on the author's experience of teaching communication skills over 10 years as a GP Training Programme Director. "This book will not teach you to improve your consultations. That is its great merit. Instead, it will encourage you to learn how to consult better." From the Foreword by Roger Neighbour

The electronic patient record

by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
The electronic patient record
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2007-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780215036131
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In England, implementing electronic patient record (EPR) systems is one of the main aims of the 10-year National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT). This report finds a lack of clarity about what information will be contained. It also points to some notable successes too including the agreement on a universal coding language for the NHS.

Coming Home to Clearwater

by Dale McMillan
Coming Home to Clearwater
Author: Dale McMillan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2011-10-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465361049
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The Simmonses are an unusual family. Each in their own way exhibits servants hearts, love of family, home, country, and a strong Christian faith. They make a full circle in this writing, with each in their own way contributing. The period covered by this story was a period of upheaval in America. Integration was in full bloom, the peace movement and the Vietnam War, The Kennedy and King assignation took place during this period. George Simmons has his hands full as he guides Clearwater through safe passage during this era. Ike Simmons comes of age and aids George as he charts the course through integration of Clearwater schools. Chassity, Mamie, and Woodrow are in the middle of everything; each contributing.

Patient Blue

by Alex Paul
Patient Blue
Author: Alex Paul
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467896942
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Blue knows you are here - and wants you gone. Blue, The Earth, is feeling rough. The time has now come for a consultation and radical treatment plan to remove what ails him- the Human race. Michael Johnson is woken by a strange unnatural light at 3am on a January morning. There is no electricity, no television or radio and no explanation as to what has occurred. He walks through the strange light to the beach where he finds bodies floating in the sea. - The treatment has begun. Patient Blue is an irreverent contemporary novel tinged with dark humour. The story focuses on the lives loves, death and resurrection of a diverse group of characters facing catastrophic events beyond their control. The action is set against a background of cataclysmic upheavals as Blue, undergoes radical treatment to remove a very persistent and tenacious ailment once and for all.

The Greatest Racing Driver

by Angus Dougall
The Greatest Racing Driver
Author: Angus Dougall
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2013-11-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1452510970
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Who has been the worlds greatest driver, and how do you prove it? With an eye for detail and a flair for storytelling, this book explores motor racings rich history in pursuit of the best driver the world has ever seen. Most enthusiasts have a strongly held opinion as to racings finest driver over the century of the motor car. By putting aside bias and personal opinion, this books exhaustively researched, results-based analysis provides a definitive answer through clear and logical evaluation. These carefully considered, significant statistics, when merged together, reveal with incisive objectivity motor sports greatest driver as well as the qualities that define greatness. Contentious? Possibly. Thought-provoking? Definitely. Author Angus Dougall captures many aspects of the motor racing world with a selection of revealing anecdotes on the highlights of racings biggest stars, together with stories that bring to life people, places, insiders opinions of drivers, circuits, constructors, politics, insights, and comments on many of the drivers. For readers wishing to peruse the actual detail, there is a vast array of appendices displaying extensive race results lists, charts on driver performance, and car analysis. Motor racing fans, climb on board and hold on for an intriguing ride to the pinnacle of greatness.