RCGP Curriculum - 15.6 Metabolic Problems
This section of our curriculum guide refers to statement 15.6, Metabolic Problems, produced by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
Metabolic problems, such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, dyslipidaemia and endocrine disturbances are a central part of the GP workload. The prevalence of obesity has trebled in the UK over the past 20 years and with this come the associated clinical problems.
Here we have collated key articles from our journals to help you meet the curriculum requirements in this area.
SYMPTOMS
- Skin complications of diabetes
- The basics - Type-1 diabetes
- The basics - Type-2 diabetes
- Early detection of type-2 diabetes
- The Basics - Complications of diabetes
- The basics: Hyperlipidaemia
- Clinical features typical of gout
- Diagnosis and management of gout
- Diagnosis and management of gout
- Clinical Review: Gout
- Clinical Review: Gout
- Hypothyroidism
- The basics - Hypothyroidism
- The basics - Hyperthyroidism
- Tremor
DIABETES MELLITUS
- Clinical Review: Type-1 diabetes mellitus
- The basics - Type-1 diabetes
- Type-2 diabetes
- The basics - Type-2 diabetes
- The diabetic foot
- Viewpoint - Safety of metformin
- Journals club - Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type-2 diabetes
- Metabolic syndrome: practical and ethical issues
- Early detection of type-2 diabetes
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA
OBESITY
THYROID DISORDERS
- Expert Opinion - Diagnosing thyroid eye disease
- Clinical Review: Hyperparathyroidism
- Case Study - An unusual cause of constipation
- Hypothyroidism
- The basics - Hypothyroidism
- Endocrinology - The thyroid and the heart
- Clinical Review: Hyperthyroidism
- The basics - Hyperthyroidism
- Clinical solutions - Subclinical hypothyroidism
- Thyroid dysfunction and cardiovascular disease
- Clinical Review: Thyrotoxicosis
- Acromegaly
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
OTHER CONDITIONS
INVESTIGATIONS
- Investigating abnormal liver function tests
- Investigating abnormal liver tests
- The significance of impaired glucose regulation
- Chronic kidney disease
- Clinical Review - Hyponatraemia
- Clinical Review: Thyrotoxicosis
- Thyroid dysfunction and cardiovascular disease
- Interview with an expert - NICE guidelines on lipid modification
- Targeting low HDL levels for treatment
- Screening for diabetic retinopathy
EMERGENCY CARE
OTHER RELATED ARTICLES
These curriculum resources are regularly updated with relevant articles from our range of healthcare publications. All articles are reviewed by GP advisers. We have set the standard lifetime of an article at two years and will aim to renew all articles within that timeframe. However, some older articles will remain in the listing if our reviewers believe there to be no significant changes to the topic covered.
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