CLINICAL PRACTICE · MEDICAL EDUCATION · RESEARCH · REFLECTION
Notes from practice, teaching and research.
I’m Antony Willman, a general practitioner, medical educator and primary care researcher. This is where I share evidence, educational resources and reflections on the work of medicine.
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Recent Resources
I’ve just added some mental health resources to the Resources tab to try & build up a reference list of self-help tools. I hope to continue to add to this including mini-reviews of apps for helping with mental health issues.
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Funny looking mole on the chest
Originally posted on Dermoscopy: This lesion appeared on a holiday photo from 2 years ago. It had got a bit bigger since then. It wasn’t itching or bleeding, and as you can see does not look very dramatic to the naked eye. When the dermatoscope…
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Mental Health and Self-Harm pt 2
No sooner had I shared the young persons mental health links, a friend & colleague sent me her far more comprehensive list. I will eventually get round to putting a page in my resources but I have also uploaded a file with the hyperlinks on…
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Mental Health and Self-Harm in Young People
I just added a new page to my resources. I received a letter from CAMHS today with some excellent links to various tools and information leaflets for young people, parents, carers and professionals. I’ve put these on a page and I hope it will be…
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Improvements in Stress, Affect, and Irritability Following Brief Use of a Mindfulness-based Smartphone App: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Economides et al, 2018
Available here – full text. One area which I reviewed as part of my foundation module in pain was Mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to see if there was any benefit for chronic pain sufferers. From what I found in a number of papers I reviewed…
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Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain PBSGL
Despite studying for a foundation module in pain management, I learnt an awful lot. It was great other members found the biopsychosocial model of chronic pain so useful. It reinforced what I have been learning. I shared some of the resources which are available for…
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PBSGL within an interprofessional group of doctors.
A belated post about my article for the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. It is available here but alas not in full text. Indeed I am not sure I am allowed to link to a full-text version as that would make it open access…
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Chronic non-freezing cold injury results in neuropathic pain due to a sensory neuropathy
Perhaps not a hot topic for NHS General Practice but as we approach another winter, this journal article is relevant for any healthcare professionals involved in the care of soldiers. The original article is here (I want to highlight the use of a DN4 neuropathic pain…
