General Practice: The Future Teaching Environment

The future direction of general practice.

Examines the present strengths and weaknesses of the general practice system. Proposes a different structure for the future which should provide benefits for both the purchasers and providers of health care, as well as for the patients themselves.

The Future of Psychiatry in General Practice

which arise over any medical problem; most illnesses are accompanied by anxiety. In specifically psychiatric illnesses the general practitioner has usually been the first helper to be approached; if the illness has presented itself in a physical way he has sometimes been the only person to go to; thus he has always dealt with psychosomatic illnesses, which are not a new development in this cent...

Future of general practice postgraduate education.

Does academic general practice have a future?

rom modest beginnings little more than 30 years ago, Australian academic general practice has grown and prospered — particularly with the recent introduction of rural clinical departments and additional medical schools. General practice sits naturally at the “front line” for the prevention and management of a multitude of health problems — management that increasingly relies on the best informa...

Teaching in practice: a survey of a general practice teaching network.

The need for high-quality teaching practices and general practitioners (GPs) skilled in teaching is ever increasing. The authors determined the quality of teaching in the Göttingen general practice teaching network with regard to equipment, student participation and GPs' motivation for teaching. A questionnaire was mailed to all GPs in the Göttingen teaching network. The response rate was 81% (...