VCE Clinical Learning Hub
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THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL
This is a collaboration between EURACT (European Academy for Primary Care Teachers), Exeter University UK and GHEG (Global Health Education).
We use live streaming technology to securely stream live consultations and then take the time to chat this over using a free digital resource Teaching General Practice. This is a free digital textbook that looks at primary care as a set of principles.
THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND CONTINUITY
This session, we dive into the relational core of primary care: the doctor–patient relationship and value of continuity. Trust, familiarity, and communication all play a role in effective care and vary across healthcare systems. We explore how long-term relationships influence health outcomes, satisfaction, and even diagnostic accuracy.
Delivered by EURACT and GHEG, the session includes live-streamed consultations and guided discussion based on the free digital textbook Teaching General Practice
Managing long-term conditions (NCDs)
This session focuses on the management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma in general practice. We’ll explore strategies for supporting patients across the diagnostic, maintenance, and sometimes palliative phases of care emphasising self-management and collaborative planning.
Delivered by EURACT and GHEG, sessions include live-streamed consultations and guided discussion based on the free digital textbook Teaching General Practice, developed by UK GHEG.
Multimorbidity and complexity
Multimorbidity when patients live with two or more chronic conditions is becoming the norm in many clinical settings. This session examines the complexities that arise when standard guidelines no longer apply cleanly, and how generalists must balance competing priorities while keeping the patient’s goals at the centre.
Social determinants of health
In this session, we explore how factors like poverty, education, housing, and discrimination shape health more powerfully than many clinical interventions. Using the biopsychosocial model as a foundation, we will look at real-life ways general practice can respond to these wider determinants.
Delivered by EURACT and GHEG, the session includes live-streamed consultations and guided discussion based on the free digital textbook Teaching General Practice, developed by UK GP educators.