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@GPSocnottingham Issue 1 | Summer-Winter 12 Scan barcode below to view online or download as a PDF

WFTS | IN THIS ISSUE

Editorial | Welcome to Word from the Street In the Limelight| Dr Chris Steele MBE Dear Doctor | Patient letter typos Did you know?| Phobias Feature |GP Training to become 4 years Coffee Break Catch-up | Bite-sized news An Apple a Day | The best medical apps Coming Soon | Sign Language for Medics

elcome to Word from the Street, GPSoc Nottinghams very own section of Echolalia. Over the coming months, WFTS will be focussing on the more communityoriented aspects of life as a medical student and doctor. Whether youre interested in becoming a GP or not, we hope that youll find our articles interesting and easy to read. Every issue, well cover one news story in depth, and summarise a number of other headlines in our Coffee Break Catch-up. QR barcodes like the one on the right will allow instant access to the full articles online; just download a free barcode scanner from Apples App Store or the Android Marketplace to make the most of this feature. Find out more about your favourite media GPs with In the Limelight and keep upto-date with the latest medical apps in An Apple a Day; wed love your suggestions on doctors and apps to be covered in future issues, so feel free to contact us at the email address above. You can join our Facebook group or follow us on Twitter (@GPSocnottingham) for more news and details of upcoming events. Thanks for reading! Chris Kingsnorth, GPSoc Nottingham President

IN THE LIMELIGHT |DR CHRIS STEELE MBE

Best known as: This Mornings resident doctor Qualified as a GP in: 1968 Worked in: South Manchester Areas of particular interest: Smoking cessation, weight loss and coeliac disease Dr Chris was given his TV break by Richard and Judy Madeley, the original presenters of This Morning. They were patients at his practice in Greater Manchester and recommended him to their producer based on his friendly, approachable nature and nojargon approach to medicine. During his 24 years on the show, Dr Chris has provided advice on thousands of medical issues. He is a keen advocate of media as a medical eduction tool, arranging live broadcast of preciously unseen procedures such as testicular self-examination, vasectomy and cervical smear. Dr Chris is the patron of Coeliac UK, and suffers from the disease himself (though ironically, his diagnosis came after becoming an ambassador for this charity) and has struggled with depression for many years. He recently retired from General Practice, but continues to appear on This Morning and lecture on smoking cessation, a subject in which he is regarded as an international expert. Retirement has given Dr Chris more time to spend with his family, and he enjoys watching his son Andrew, an Olympic 400m sprinter, competing at a national and international level.

DEAR DOCTOR

WHAT NOT TO WRITE IN A PATIENT LETTER

DID YOU KNOW? | PHOBIAS

Mageiricophobia Bufonophobia Lachanophobia Peladophobia Fear of cooking Fear of toads Fear of vegetables Fear of bald people Amychophobia Euphobia Omphalophobia Syngenesophobia Fear of being scratched Fear of good news Fear of belly buttons Fear of ones relatives

...The patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities ...A rectal examination revealed normal sized thyroid

NEWS | GP TRAINING TO BECOME 4 YEARS

This May, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) will publish proposals to extend GP training from 3 to 4 years. The minimum time spent by trainees in GP placements will double from 12 to 24 months, and GP Registrars will be required to undertake psychiatry and paediatric health placements in both community and secondary care settings. The current assessment schedule will remain largely unchanged. However, a new quality improvement project (QIP) will be introduced for trainees in their fourth year, assessing the management and improvement of a local health service for patients. The General Practitioners Committee has criticised these changes amidst fears that a 4 year programme will create a new sub-GP grade and will impact negatively on GP recruitment. The RCGP, however, insists that the extended training will equip new GPs with managerial and leadership skills essential to them under the new structural changes to the NHS. The UKs GP training programme is currently the shortest of 14 European countries, and the shortest of all UK medical specialities. The RCGPs proposals for a 5 year programme were refused in 2010. If accepted, this new proposal will be the first change in the duration of GP training for 30 years. Joanne Considine

COFFEE BREAK CATCH-UP

Manchester surgeons first in UK to use 3D technology during operation Breast cancer screening leading to unnecessary treatment Upcoming lung cancer awareness scheme bonkers, say GPs

AN APPLE A DAY | APP REVIEWS

App + Pricing Medscape Synopsis A clearly organised reference for thousands of medical conditions and procedures. Articles can be downloaded to your device for offline reference, and a drug interaction checker is also included. An American App, so drug dosages and some guidelines are not relevant in the UK, but overall a brilliant App for medical students and doctors alike. An App containing hundreds of medical calculators, from risk predictors to dosage conversions. Step by step value input makes calculations brilliantly simple, and result interpretation guidelines are provided with most results. The challenge of this App comes in finding the calculator you want from the plethora on offer. This App allows one-touch download of quickreference NICE guidelines. Simply search for and choose a guideline and it will be downloaded to your SD-card as a PDF. Once downloaded, this guideline will be available in -App without an internet connection. This App is not affiliated with NICE, but is a great alternative to trawling their website for the same guideline documents. One of the best paid-for Apps for Medical students. Over 150 high-resolution, clinicallyobtained ECGs with interpretation questions and guidance. Case-based, with answer feedback in both text and graphical form (important ECG details are highlighted and labelled). Even on phone screens, this App is easy to use; a handy pan and zoom feature allows detailed examination of the strips. Rating Available On

9/10

Price: FREE Qx Calculate

8/10

Price: Free NICE Guidelines

8/10 iPhone and iPad Apps coming soon)

Price: FREE 12 Lead ECG Challenge

10/10

Price: 3.06

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Sign Language for Medics

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