Month: June 2017

Dr Gareth Boucher

Dr Penny Massy-Westropp

#BFD17 x #newtech

June 25, 2017December 29, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in Comprehensive, Ehealth, Empowering, Female, future, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, Information, Medical, New doctor, Partridge Street General Practice, Professional, technology

We live in an instant world and we seek convenience. How can technology give you more of what you want while Your GP gives you more of what you need?

david dahm health and life automation — Thanking David Dahm from Health and Life

We never want to lose the doctor patient relationship in General Practice. It’s the most valuable part (and the most rewarding part) of our vocation and service as GPs. If we can have technology in the background rather than in the way, I think we can strengthen this. Facebook is one example.

Here’s another. Step one: buy a gaming keyboard. Step two: Program some macros. Step three: Spend more time with Our Valued Patients and less with our technology and medical software!

Here’s me cutting my login time to zero. It’s one small step for Dr Nick….

dr nick tellis keyboard macros — 16 macros to go…

dr nick tellis business is not a dirty word — Be Better (thanks Dr Ajay Naidu for the flattering pictures!)

What do you think?. Is this part of the future? Too soon?

Not what you want? Let me know. In the meantime, we’re all still here for you at Partridge Street General Practice, face to face, IRL 😎

Dr Gareth Boucher

Dr Penny Massy-Westropp

Talk to Your GP

June 23, 2017October 27, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in Comprehensive, Ehealth, Empowering, Female, future, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, Information, Medical, New doctor, Partridge Street General Practice, Professional, technology

Not so long ago it was quite hard to contact Your GP. You had to phone the practice to make an appointment (some waiting), come to the practice (more waiting), and then sit in the waiting room (more waiting). We live in an instant world and we seek convenience. How can technology give you more of what you want while Your GP gives you more of what you need? Try this!

More and more of our valued patients are choosing to book online but You can still call Partridge Street General Practice and we’re always happy to talk to you. You can also email us or contact us here for non-urgent inquiries, remembering that email is not a secure form of communication.

Imagine if you could ask some simple questions of Your GP, without waiting on the phone or sitting in the waiting room. Simple questions that have been asked of me in the past:

When should I come in to see you next?

I lost my script, what do I do?

I was discharged from hospital, what next?

We never want to lose the doctor patient relationship in General Practice. It’s the most valuable part (and the most rewarding part) of our vocation and service as GPs. If we can add to it, by improving communication before a face to face consult, I think we can strengthen this. We have a trial project with free access to a secure app where you can speak with me (not Facebook!). It’s not for urgent consultations! It’s free to sign up – you only pay if you use it.

Have a look here!

dr nick tellis talk to me facebook your gp — Talk to Your GP

What do you think – tell me here (or on the app!) about what you think. Is this part of the future? Too soon? Not what you want? Let me know. In the meantime, we’re all still here for you at Partridge Street General Practice, face to face, IRL 😎

Dr Gareth Boucher

Dr Penny Massy-Westropp

Join Our Team at Partridge Street General Practice

June 17, 2017December 19, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in Comprehensive, Empowering, Female, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, Information, Medical, New doctor, Partridge Street General Practice, Professional

Your future awaits!

Join the Team at Partridge Street General Practice!

June 17, 2017June 17, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in #justagp, Comprehensive, Empowering, Female, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, health, How to, Medical, New doctor, News, Partridge Street General Practice, Professional, Training

It’s a great time to be a GP in Australia at the moment. We live in an affluent First World country with good social services and welfare and a strong public health safety net. It’s peaceful, spacious, and even the winter cold feels good after the warm summer! Have a look!!

Partridge Street General Practice is a General Practice with an established patient base in a beautiful old house close to Adelaide’s famous Glenelg Beach. It’s a diverse area, with old and young and everyone in between, as well as tourists and travellers, especially when that sun comes out! We provide professional, empowering, comprehensive primary health care to this area and we think this is a pretty awesome challenge.

We’re meeting this challenge by recruiting great GPs who want to do great work in our great practice. We offer:

😀 Healthy work-life balance

😀 Practice in one of the most beautiful parts of South Australia

😀 SA owned and operated Clinic with a Great Team

😀 Plenty of Patients

😀 A strong Teaching Focus

Our practice is fully computerised and as paperless as we can make it, AGPAL accredited, with a strong teaching ethos supported by a great nursing team who assist with Chronic Disease Management and Treatment room duties. Our team delivers an efficient and friendly medical service to our patients and our GPs.

Partridge Street General Practice is a mixed billing practice with bulk billed and private accounts for services. This allows 15 minute appointments as a base. We’re proud to offer the time for:

😀 Women’s Health, Mirenas, and Implanons

😀 Mental Health Care and Counseling

😀 Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery

😀 Travel Medicine and Immunisations

😀 Iron Infusions

Our patients will be as important to you as they are to us, they are the foundation and the focus of Partridge Street General Practice!

Be part of the future here at Partridge Street General Practice. Enjoy the autonomy of private practice while retaining the collegiality and teaching ethos that is so important to all of us. R U OK…or could you be Better?

Email Ms Tracey Mills, our awesome Practice Manager on pm@partridgegp.com.au or pop in to have a coffee and a chat!

Friday at Partridge Street General Practice

June 17, 2017June 17, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in Comprehensive, Empowering, Female, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, Information, Medical, New doctor, Partridge Street General Practice, Professional

Your future awaits!

Wednesday at Partridge Street General Practice

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Thursday at Partridge Street General Practice

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Physical Activity and Men’s Health Week 2017 at Partridge Street General Practice

June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in #justagp, Anxiety, Comprehensive, Depression, Diet, Empowering, Exercise, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, Grass fed, health, How to, Influence, Information, LCHF, lowcarb, Medical, Men, Men's health, Men's Health Week, Mental health, Natural, News, Occupational medicine, Partridge Street General Practice, Physiotherapy, Professional, Psychology, Return to work, Self help

June is Men’s Health Month and June 12-16 is Men’s Health Week at Partridge Street General Practice. Men are important and Health is important so let’s look at some issues in Men’s Health.

First up was Alcohol.

Then came Nutrition.

Then Smoking.

Now Physical Activity.

Remember those challenges of life? Men face challenges – we have to be providers, to be strong, to keep our emotions bottled up. Challenges are faced with solutions…or avoided with distractions. Let’s look at a solution. Physical Activity. This is a subject close to my heart and I’ve talked about it a few times before. In fact, you might even say I’ve talked about it a lot.

nick tellis running melbourne

What can Your GP do to help you get more physical activity into your life? We can explore specifics in person, but here are the basics.

Work up to 10,000 steps a day

Do something that makes you sweat for 25-45 minutes, 3-5 times a week

Find a physical activity you enjoy and make it regular

Get together with some like minded active friends

Repeat

Remember, getting physical activity back into your life can be hard, and many people won’t get it right first try. Your GP knows this and won’t give up on you. We can abandon a plan, but we won’t abandon you.

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So Men, Partridge Street General Practice is going to meet you halfway. We’re reaching out to You and we’re looking forward to you reaching back to us.
We challenge you to get healthier with us.

Stop smoking
Cut down drinking
Eat better
Get more physical activity into your life

We’re going to do it, we’re going to live it, and the team at Partridge Street General Practice are going to run the City to Bay this year for the Childhood Cancer Association.

Support them while we support you!

More details soon!

See you then or in person if you’d like to talk.

From the Men’s Health Week website:

A boy born in Australia in 2010 has a life expectancy of 78.0 years while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live to 82.3 years old. Right from the start, boys suffer more illness, more accidents and die earlier than their female counterparts.

Men take their own lives at four times the rate of women (that’s five men a day, on average). Accidents, cancer and heart disease all account for the majority of male deaths.

Seven leading causes are common to both males and females, although only Ischaemic heart disease shares the same ranking in both sexes (1st). Malignant neoplasms of prostate (6th), Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (7th) and Intentional self-harm (10th) are only represented within the male top 10 causes.

The above figures are taken from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Furthermore, there are specific populations of marginalised men with far worse health statistics. These marginalised groups include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men, refugees, men in prison or newly released from prison and men of low socioeconomic standing.

Men’s Health Week has a direct focus on the health impacts of men’s and boys’ environments. It serves to ask two questions:

What factors in men’s and boy’s environments contribute to the status of male health as indicated in the table above?

How can we turn that around and create positive environments in men’s and boy’s lives?

We’re going to ask and answer those questions this week. Stay with us online and in person – we’ve got your back!

Smoking and Men’s Health Week 2017 at Partridge Street General Practice

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 by Dr Nick Tellis, posted in #justagp, Anxiety, Comprehensive, Depression, Diet, Empowering, Exercise, General Practice, Glenelg, GP, Grass fed, health, How to, Influence, Information, LCHF, lowcarb, Medical, Men, Men's health, Men's Health Week, Mental health, Natural, News, Occupational medicine, Partridge Street General Practice, Physiotherapy, Professional, Psychology, Return to work, Self help

June is Men’s Health Month and June 12-16 is Men’s Health Week at Partridge Street General Practice. Men are important and Health is important so let’s look at some issues in Men’s Health.

First up was Alcohol.

Then came Nutrition.

Now Smoking.

In life we all face challenges. Men face challenges – we have to be providers, to be strong, to keep our emotions bottled up. Challenges are faced with solutions…or avoided with distractions. Smoking is unequivocally a distraction from the challenges of life. Many patients say to me that they smoke because they’re bored or because it’s ‘their time’. Lets try another way. It’s healthier, you’ll live longer, and be fitter. You’ll also have more money, smell better, and be more attractive.

What can Your GP do to help you give smoking the boot? We ask you about your smoking, get an idea of how much and when you smoke, and then go into why you smoke. What does it do for you? We can then help by offering some solutions rather than distractions. Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnosis, and medications are all options we can explore in person. Remember, smoking is addictive, and many people will not quit for good the first time they try. Your GP knows this and won’t give up on you. We can abandon a plan, but we won’t abandon you.

Ask

Assess

Advise

Assist

Arrange Follow Up

Sit down. Have a think about how much you smoke (and what you smoke) and why and when you smoke.

How did you go? See you next post or in person if you’d like to talk.

From the Men’s Health Week website:

A boy born in Australia in 2010 has a life expectancy of 78.0 years while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live to 82.3 years old. Right from the start, boys suffer more illness, more accidents and die earlier than their female counterparts.

Men take their own lives at four times the rate of women (that’s five men a day, on average). Accidents, cancer and heart disease all account for the majority of male deaths.

Seven leading causes are common to both males and females, although only Ischaemic heart disease shares the same ranking in both sexes (1st). Malignant neoplasms of prostate (6th), Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (7th) and Intentional self-harm (10th) are only represented within the male top 10 causes.

Men’s Health Week has a direct focus on the health impacts of men’s and boys’ environments. It serves to ask two questions:

What factors in men’s and boy’s environments contribute to the status of male health as indicated in the table above?

How can we turn that around and create positive environments in men’s and boy’s lives?

We’re going to ask and answer those questions this week. Stay with us online and in person – we’ve got your back!