Future-proofing relationship-based care: a priority for general practice

Future proofing

far the fastest growing agricultural producer with output expected to increase by more than 40 per cent between now and 2019. Production growth is also expected to be well above 20 per cent in China, India, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine. But the report warns that increased global food production could still lead to a large section of the global population going hungry. Although the wor...

Does academic general practice have a future?

rom modest beginnings little more than 30 years ago, Australian academic general practice has grown and prospered — particularly with the recent introduction of rural clinical departments and additional medical schools. General practice sits naturally at the “front line” for the prevention and management of a multitude of health problems — management that increasingly relies on the best informa...

Future-Proofing Nursing Education: An Australian Perspective

The relevance of pre-registration programs of nursing education to current and emerging trends in healthcare and society could have a significant future impact on the nursing profession. In this article, we use a PESTEL (politics, economics, society, technology, environment, and law) framework to identify significant current and future priorities in Australian healthcare. Following the PESTEL a...

Maternity care in general practice.

General practitioners are essential providers of maternity care, particularly in rural and remote locations T hroughout the world, the role of general practitioners in maternity care is changing and being redefined. Over 10 years ago, a decline in GP-led obstetric care in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand was noted, and this trend appears to have continued. 1,2 There were 481 GP ...

Successful task delegation in general practice – a way to maintain primary health care in the future