An Ideal GP

I am a general practitioner in medicine and I think practising for general diseases for general public and identifying major and specific diseases is a tough task. No task is easy, be it of any stream of education which require multidirectional multifaceted approach in reaching to a conclusion known medically as Diagnosis and then work up for treatment through medicines, surgery or even interventions.

Every patient reporting to a general physician has a potential to be diagnosed with life threatening or long-standing disease or life style disease to his symptomatic presentation and clinical understanding by the treating physician. And here comes the catch when a plethora of symptoms and signs have to be churned and a filter has to be applied to reach to a diagnosis for proper selection of medication, which varies from person to person. Isn’t it looking like an entangled web structure came out from a spider?

A general practitioner has to keep abreast with all Old as well as New and upcoming developments in medical field with basic minimum knowledge of avoid spectrum of Surgical, spread for abscess tumours, space occupying lesions and even Cancer. A good clinician has to be a good person as well to draw a sketch of diagnosis with the help of proper history, taking and clinical examinations followed by necessary investigations, which are economically friendly to the patient.

An abysmal approach of a general practitioner towards the the body, language, symptom, presentation and clinical signs will definitely land the patient into a chronic pattern of disease if not attended properly.

A general practitioner has to be very well aware with not only his clinical acumen but also with conversation, abilities, in paying attention, judgement, making with body language of Patient, taking proper history from Patient, and or from the attendance of the patient, and by taking a prolific view of the file of the patients for earlier diseases and treatment given.

A general practitioner has to be time giving to the patient to understand the history and have the clinical examination done and to go through the previous treatment papers in a very proper way.

A general practitioner has to be so aware and conscious about seeking history of drug allergy if any, before generating a prescription for proper and rapid cure of the disease.