Month: May 2018

Magnesium. What’s in it for ATSI?

As we improve our preventative health screening practices in Remote Indigenous Health we inevitably encounter incidental abnormalities in routine pathology. Given our limited resources and developing recall systems, what do we do about them? Hypomagnesemia is a common finding in population screening in the Torres Strait.  Epidemiological studies have...

Helpful Resources

Here we’ve complied a list of our favourite online resources. Do you have any you’d add to the list? Primary Health Northern Territory Remote Primary Health Care Manuals Queensland Primary Clinical Care Manual 9th Edition Queensland Chronic Conditions Manual 1st Edition RACGP Redbook Guidelines for preventive activities Chronic Disease Management...

Reflections & Resources from the RACGP QLD Clinical Update

I escaped the rock recently and spent the long weekend in Brisbane.  In addition to the usual mainland activities (eating out, shopping, attending the local cinema and more shopping), I attended the RACGP Qld Clinical Update. I often come home from conferences feeling reinvigorated and inspired, but I never...