BJGP’s impact, readership, and peer review
The British Journal of General Practice publishes high-quality research and has the highest impact factor of all primary care journals worldwide, reaching 4.43 for 2018; additional journal metrics are the 5-year impact factor...
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I’ll miss this when we are gone
Peter Aird is a GP in Bridgwater, Somerset. There’s a scene in Stan and Ollie, the film about...
Clinical
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The stressed but not ‘mentally ill’: How can we actually help?
Rosie Marshall is a GP based in Wiltshire. General practice routinely involves supporting...
Bright Ideas and Innovation
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Evolving General Practice: Artificial Intelligence and Primary Care
The Clinical Innovation and Research Centre (CIRC) at the RCGP works with GPs and practice staff,...
Research
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Living with breathlessness is hard
Dr Ann Hutchinson and Prof Miriam Johnson are researchers at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research...
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How to manage the Tour de France
David Misselbrook was a South London GP for 30 years. He was involved with GP training, CPD...
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All The Little Lights: child sexual exploitation laid bare
We reviewed All the Little Lights in the March 2019 BJGP. A new production is on 12-17th August at...
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Vasco da Gama exchange to Switzerland
Patricia Schartau is a ST4 academic clinical fellow in Primary Care at King’s College London...
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GPs at the Deep End: International Bulletin No. 1
From its beginnings in Scotland, the Deep End movement of general practitioners serving deprived...
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Opinion
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A letter to the Prime Minister
Claire Robertson is a GP in Inverness. LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER Dear Mr. Cameron, I have been...
International
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Desperately seeking Plato
We were in Athens with a couple of hours to kill. Acropolised out, too early for Ouzo. We had seen...
Arts
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Poems for Doctors: a video
Written by Lesley Morrison. This year, for the fourth year, all Scottish medical graduates...
BJGP Long Read
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BJGP Long Read: How to enjoy your consultations
Julian Marsden has been a GP in Luton for 33 years. He is FRCGP, Provost of the Beds & Herts...
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The Twitter GP Journal Club relaunch #gpjc
In 2011, a Cambridge medical student and a foundation programme doctor working in the West...
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When Sparks Fly: Choosing General Practice
Chloe Webster is a 4th year medical student, a yogaholic, creative writing enthusiast, and an...
Why do you want to be a GP? The one question we don’t ask
The first question to practise before a job interview; the one we all know will make an appearance…right? Well, not if you’ve chosen to pursue a career in general practice. Whilst my colleagues were preparing evidence of their accomplishments and practising expected questions, I was revising for the entrance exam and practising OSCE based scenarios. So why is the entry to GP training so different, and what does that mean for the specialty?
BJGP Book Review: Out of Chaos Comes a Dancing Star
Out of Chaos Comes a Dancing Star: Notes on Professional Burnout by Chris Ellis. OpenBooks Press, 2014, PB, 95pp, £18, http://www.lastoutpost.info This book review was written by Ami Sweetman and was in the April 2015 issue of...
Why Slazenger’s cat explains global warming
I admit that Slazenger’s cat is a red herring, but my wife was in a rail carriage a while ago,...
BJGP Open: adapting primary care for migrants
The aim of this paper was to provide some insight into how primary care is managing to offer care to migrants. In particular they were interested in looking at the challenges and the ways in which practices and practitioners were adapting to meet this need.
The Twitter GP Journal Club relaunch #gpjc
In 2011, a Cambridge medical student and a foundation programme doctor working in the West...
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