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BabbleOn™ at Satyre Medical Practice – the future of your healthcare

Satyre Medical Practice is happy to announce, that after months of painstaking research, redesign, (and frankly, plagiarism), that we have finally developed the software kit that is going to be acknowledged as the saviour of UK General Practice. The culmination of many years of pioneering study in the field of ArtificialStupidity™ has led us to […]

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Your faculty- Sam’s Story

My final Chair of RCGP Vale of Trent faculty address to members at the AGM in October 2017. I hope it shows the service offered by the faculty, the value members have and the impact they can have. Your faculty – Sam’s Story I wrote this some weeks ago and it may sound familiar. All […]

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Dr Hussain Gandhi’s RCGP Vale of Trent faculty AGM speech Oct 2017.

Dr Hussain Gandhi’s RCGP Vale of Trent faculty AGM speech Oct 2017. The story of Sam, a faculty member. Delivered by @drgandalf52 owner of egplearning.co.uk

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How to survive the flu- a simple guide…

Influenza. The flu. Oh how I hate thee….. Flu season is in full force with this year expected to be particularly nasty. This on a background of an underfunded NHS with significant staffing, morale and resource issues paints a worrying picture. So trying to safeguard ourselves from the flu should be a priority. One I […]

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Are Google buds a viable alternative to translation services in General Practice?

This week Google released details on the company’s  new hardware ventures. These included the high quality Pixel 2 phone and a new Google Home smart speaker. However for me, the most surprising release was the Google Pixel Buds. These are wireless headphones of the ilk of Apple’s AirPods which released last year with the then […]

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Peer-peer clinical problem solving – can it work?

Hello all you eGPlearners out there. I recently came across an article about a possible new resource for all clinicians out there. On the support page at eGPlearning I have talked about various online support groups and forums that exist to help GPs and primary care workers such as Tiko’s GP group, Resilient GP and […]

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ReBlog – Writing publicly and social media

A peer on one of the many Facebook groups for GPs has started an excellent blog called GP and Human.  This charts her journey as both a GP and a patient. It is well worth a read and the post on The Other Side is hauntingly poetic and powerful. However for the eGPlearners this following […]

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5 lessons for Doctors from Elon Musk (real world Iron Man??) – review

Hello all you eGPlearners out there. A few things coming this week but to start off on a lazy Sunday, have a read of an excellent article by a fellow GP blogger on the real world version of Marvel’s Tony Stark (Iron Man) – Elon Musk. Of particular note is the effective way Dr Foster […]

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Black Wednesday 2018

Did anyone notice the thunderstorms, rain and general dreariness of today (the first Wed of August)? Some may explain the meteorological reasons for this phenomenon, or put it down to the British weather. I myself blame Black Wednesday. For those non-medics reading this article, Black Wednesday is in reference to doctor change over day. This is […]

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Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list (2019)

The kit you need as a GP – Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list It is almost August and that means a new wave of AiTs ( Associates in training – the actual name of GP trainees) will qualify as GPs. Many of these AiTs will turn to locum work to gain variety, experience and […]