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[[image:blurred.png|right|thumb|300px|Like this picture, the exact information you need to know | [[image:blurred.png|right|thumb|300px|Like this picture, the exact information you need to know isn't clear. Otherwise it would be called 'Specific Practice'.]] | ||
==You need good ''general'' knowledge== | ==You need good ''general'' knowledge== | ||
It is difficult to write good notes on General Practice. There are no real new areas to cover, just a different take on the knowledge you do know. Everything you see in the hospital is serious, yet the vast majority of problems in health are not terribly serious. Someone has a "fit" - in hospital they have [[epilepsy]]; in primary care, they might just have fainted, or had a panic attack - its not always serious. | It is difficult to write good notes on General Practice. There are no real new areas to cover, just a different take on the knowledge you do know. Everything you see in the hospital is serious, yet the vast majority of problems in health are not terribly serious. Someone has a "fit" - in hospital they have [[epilepsy]]; in primary care, they might just have fainted, or had a panic attack - its not always serious. | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 23 March 2009
You need good general knowledge
It is difficult to write good notes on General Practice. There are no real new areas to cover, just a different take on the knowledge you do know. Everything you see in the hospital is serious, yet the vast majority of problems in health are not terribly serious. Someone has a "fit" - in hospital they have epilepsy; in primary care, they might just have fainted, or had a panic attack - its not always serious.
So what do I learn?
It's hard for the medical school to write exam questions, and thus hard for you to prepare for them. Basically, read through the anatomy & physiology section, making sure you have a rough idea of the body and how it works, reading the key clinical conditions at the bottom of each page.
Key problems
- Health Promotion, smoking, immunisation and lifestyle improvements, such as exercise to prevent obesity
- Multidisciplinary team
- Screening
- Psychiatric, especially depression
- GU problems
- Contraception
- STDs
- Other stuff