Australian Family Physician audio

Your first day in general practice can be a mixture of excitement and terror. Victorian registrar Dr Emily Walsh explains how she survived her first training term, and felt like a real doctor at last

Malaria is more than an inconvenience for Australian travellers; it is a serious disease that kills and injures millions of people each year. Dr Trish Batchelor talks with Steve Trumble about appropriate prevention and prophylaxis.

Malaria remains endemic in over 100 countries worldwide. Travellers to these countries may be at risk of contracting disease. Assessing risk on an individual basis can be challenging.

Dr Tony Gherardin discusses the approach to the intending traveler. What do they need to know and what does their GP need to tell them?

Australians are great travellers and the need for travel health advice can be a common presentation in general practice.

Many Australian travellers baulk at the idea of paying for vaccines before they set off on their great adventures. But, as Dr Sonny Lau explains to Steve Trumble, GPs can help even those on a tight budget to invest wisely in the right vaccines.

Immunisation is very cost effective. It provides high level immunity against a range of general and travel specific pathogens. There are more vaccines available as research and development of vaccines progresses.

Many Australian travellers baulk at the idea of paying for vaccines before they set off on their great adventures. But, as Dr Sonny Lau explains to Steve Trumble, GPs can help even those on a tight budget to invest wisely in the right vaccines

Dr Tony Gherardin discusses the approach to the intending traveler. What do they need to know and what does their GP need to tell them?

Malaria is more than an inconvenience for Australian travellers; it is a serious disease that kills and injures millions of people each year. Dr Trish Batchelor talks with Steve Trumble about appropriate prevention and prophylaxis

Dr Louise Stone looks at what's going on with some of our most challenging patients: those who somatise their problems. Are we helping by proving to them that there's "nothing wrong" when there clearly is?

Somatising disorders are a common, complex and disabling cluster of disorders. Research suggests that general practitioners find this group of patients challenging.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is revolutionising the way GPs treat patients with anxiety and depression. Dr Sarah Edelman talks about what types of CBT work best in the general practice setting.

It is well established that some individuals have an inherent disposition toward experiencing anxiety more readily than others.

Medication has no place in the management of mild depression, and only a limited role in moderate depression. Severe depression usually requires drug treatment and Dr Steve Ellen discusses some golden rules for prescribing.