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MAGAZINE EDITION

Chris Johnstone Intro.
Waking up from the medical matrix...
Letter Column
Hope for Palestine?
5 things I wish Id known before becoming a GP
Tales of a Grandfather
Alastair Short
Did You Know?
Supporting practices by helping managers...
Using SPICE to help meet contract criteria
IM&T
Quality Practice Award
Practice Accreditation
Representing GP interests
Revalidation - In brief
New Educational Opportunities, New Tools
Is There Life on Mars?
BLEEP
Embarrassment
hoolets Top Tips
Finlay and the Contract Summit
hoolet at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Chris Johnstone
Peter Davis
Lesley Morrison
David Haslam
Sommerled Fergusson
Blair Smith
Alex Thain
Peter Murchie

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FIVE THINGS I WISH I'D KNOWN BEFORE BECOMING A GP

By David Haslam
Contact the author by e-mail at christopher.johnstone@ntlworld.com

  • When doing a home visit to a sick child, you will inevitably kneel on the wet patch by the sofa. Don’t.

  • No-one knows what causes those sudden short sharp pains on the left hand side of the chest, but they don’t seem to matter

  • The patients you do the least for will be most likely to thank you effusively, and vice versa

  • The only predictable thing about general practice is its total unpredictability, so plan for it.

  • If someone says “I thought you’d like to see it, so I saved it in the toilet” they will be deeply hurt if you don’t look.

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