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GP trainees who teach medical students do so as near peers with established educational benefits for all concerned. Through teaching, GP trainees consolidate their own knowledge and skills whilst students value the experience of learning from teachers closer in age and stage. Importantly, involving GP trainees as teachers also increases primary care teaching capacity and promotes general practice as a potential career option for undergraduates. However, whilst junior doctors are often to be found teaching on hospital wards and in clinics, GP trainees based in primary care appear to have fewer opportunities to teach. This article encourages the promotion of near peer teaching in primary care on a number of levels. We make practical suggestions that may be of benefit to the individual GP trainee, trainer and practice; and also discuss ways in which key stakeholders, including medical schools and those responsible for organising postgraduate primary care training programmes, may promote near peer teaching in general practice. We propose that all medical students should have experience of being taught by GP trainees, and likewise that all future GPs should have training and experience of teaching undergraduate medical students.

Background Acute asthma in children can be life-threatening and must be treated promptly in the emergency setting. Intravenous magnesium sulfate is recommended by various guidelines for cases of acute asthma that have not responded to first-line treatment with bronchodilators and steroids. The treatment has recently been shown to reduce the need for hospital admission for adults compared with placebo, but it is unclear whether it is equally effective for children. Intravenous magnesium sulfate for treating children with acute asthma in the emergency department (Review)