Today's ten minutes · showcase case · teaching numbers
Sore throat: when do you know enough to decide about antibiotics?
A 24-year-old attends with a three-day sore throat and no red flags. Rapid antigen testing is not available. Two credible GPs disagree at the start: no antibiotic with a specific safety net, or a back-up prescription.
Before you know anything else: how likely is it a strep throat?
What you can do
Open what you'd ask or look at. Each one costs minutes off the clock. Tap why you're doing it, then decide when you have enough. There is nothing to type.
The consultation so far
What the patient has told or shown you. It fills itself in.
- Nothing yet. A three-day sore throat, no red flags.
Something's off: one tap when the story doesn't fit. It counts for you, never against you.
Which way does the evidence point?
Your call
The net
Now: how likely is it a strep throat?
Your route
Best route from the same start
What was that about?
What happens next
Day three. They're back, with the swab result, and either they used your net or they didn't. Day six. Same story, but the patient is 68 and has diabetes. What changed? Both are booked, not optional.