“Pump it up!” Large-scale clinical simulation to strengthen first-responder skills in family doctors.

Across Europe, family doctors often act as the first responders in the chain of survival—whether in clinics, during home visits, in public spaces, schools, rural areas or even on board aircraft. Yet recent European educational reviews show that 40–60% of family physicians feel insufficiently prepared to manage cardiac arrest, especially when more than 12–24 months…

MI or not MI? Decoding the myocardial infarction ECG without the stress.

Chest pain and ECG interpretation remain among the most frequent and challenging presentations in primary and urgent care. Family doctors often face time-pressured decisions with limited tools, which increases uncertainty and the risk of over- or under-diagnosis. Many clinicians report that their confidence drops not from lack of knowledge, but from the stress associated with distinguishing…

Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Mental Health Emergencies

Acute mental health presentations are increasingly encountered by general practitioners in both daytime practice and out-of-hours settings. Clinicians must rapidly assess risk, communicate clearly, and make appropriate triage decisions in situations involving intoxication, suicidal ideation, acute psychosis, or behavioural disturbances related to dementia. Acute Behavioural Disturbance (ABD) may also occur, presenting with severe agitation or…

How the Positive Health and mindmapping tools support shared decision making in adolescents with psychosocial problems.

Adolescents often visit our practice with psychosocial problems and medically unexplained symptoms such as tiredness, headache or abdominal pain. By just focusing on the presented symptom, problems are often not solved. Collaboration between the adolescent, the caregivers, and the GP by using easy and structural visualization tools (Positive Health and mindmapping) systematically can enhance resilience…

Recruiting patients for primary care research: practical DIY solutions for GPs from European experience

To strengthen primary care and generate evidence relevant to real-world practice, GP involvement in research is essential.  Engaging general practitioners (GPs) to particpate in research studies and clinical trials is a well-recognised challenge. Competing clinical demands, administrative burdens and limited research infrastructure can reduce their capacity to identify and recruit eligible patients. Countries across Europe have…

From Heart to Data: Balancing Feelings, Evidence, and Artificial Intelligence (A I) in 2026 for medical decisions

As  it  seems  obvious  that  Artificial Intelligence (AI) will  suggest  the  best options  for  diagnoses and  treatments,   should we  still  continue  to  trust in  our own feelings coupled with  evidence based documentation? Patient’s expectations and  beliefs must  also be recognized  and  acknowledged .The  GP should  know  at  the  end , how  trustful ,  useful, or…