An audit of the adequacy of acute wound care documentation of surgical inpatients.

Aims And Objectives: This study examined the degree to which acute wound care documentation by doctors and nurses meets the standards set in the Australian Wound Management Association guidelines, focusing on clinical history with regard to the wound, wound characteristics, evidence of a management plan and factors such as wound pain.

Background: Wound care documentation is an important component of 'best practice' wound management. Evidence suggests that wound documentation by hospital staff is often ad hoc and incomplete.

Osteoarthritis management of the knee--treatment options post the NSAID cardiotoxicity controversy.

This series of articles facilitated by the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group (CMSG) aims to place the findings of recent Cochrane musculoskeletal reviews in a context immediately relevant to general practitioners. This article considers treatment options for osteoarthritis management of the knee post the 'NSAID cardiotoxicity controversy'.

GP workforce participation in Tasmania.

Background: Predicting future general practitioner workforce requires information about how demographic factors affect GP workforce participation. Regional differences might not be accounted for in national studies. The authors aimed to determine GP characteristics associated with workforce participation in Tasmania.

General practice research and research skill needs--attitudes of GP supervisors.

Background: General practice research is an important learning area in general practice registrar training. General practitioner supervisors have a central role in registrar training. Registrar training in Tasmania has the added component of a research project.