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Introduction: General practitioners are the first prescribers of speech therapy in France, a country in which speech therapists can practice only on medical prescription. The objective of this study was to measure general practioner's knowledge on means of prescribing speech therapy., Method: Cross-sectional study by self-questionnaires for general practitioners and residents in general practice in France. The test assessed five types of knowledge conducive to correct prescription of speech therapy: requirements for prescription, indications, prescription wording, ages of treatment eligibility, and reimbursement. The questionnaires were tested on an expert population, whose median score was used as a cut-off to separate doctors who knew the modalities of speech therapy prescription from those whose knowledge was insufficient. The characteristics differentiating the two groups were compared by multiple logistic regression., Results: Five hundred and three general practitioners and five hundred and two residents in general medicine were included; 82.3% of the physicians having written a thesis and 86.2% of the residents had insufficient knowledge of the modalities of speech therapy prescription. Age, number of years since acquisition of a medical diploma and urban practice all had a negative impact on general practitioners' knowledge of speech therapy., Conclusion: French general practitioners' knowledge of speech therapy prescription seems insufficient. It is consequently necessary to improve the initial and continuing training of doctors. Collaborative work between general practitioners and speech therapists should be carried on, developed and strengthened., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest Les auteurs déclarent ne pas avoir de liens d'intérêts., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the respective importance of herpes labialis and genitalis in patients consulting general practitioners and ascertain their knowledge and opinions concerning herpes labialis and genitalis in order to analyze patient behavior in case of flare-ups., Patients and Method: A questionnaire was proposed to a representative sample of patients aged 15 years and older seen at consultation by 49 general practitioners participating in the General Medicine Observatory of the French Society of General Practitioners., Results: Among the 4,403 patients who responded, a known history of herpes labialis was reported by 39. 9 p.100 and of herpes genitalis by 2.5 p.100. Their answers to the questions demonstrated insufficient knowledge of avoidable risks of herpes as a sexually transmitted disease, with very significant misunderstanding by men. Among the 1,711 patients who had experienced herpes labialis, 62.9 p.100 initiated self-medication, 29 p.100 preferred to wait and see and 7.5 p.100 sought medical assistance. Among the 108 patients who had experienced herpes genitalis, at the last flare-up 40 p.100 initiated self-medication, 7.5 p.100 preferred to wait and see and 52 p.100 sought medical assistance. The general practitioner was the first physician consulted for both types of herpes., Discussion: This study illustrates the importance of herpes infections in the general medicine patients. It also confirms that new interventional strategies are needed both for health care and for health education.