New approaches to training general practitioners

New approaches to training general practitioners.

Invited Commentary Training General Practitioners*

Nationally there is no standardized system for the education and training of general practitioners (GPs) within the UK in relation to prevention, early detection and management of alcohol problems. A number of surveys over the past 20 years have confirmed GPs' role legitimacy concerning working with excessive drinkers, but identified a lack of role adequacy and role support for this work. Howev...

Training General Practitioners in Psychiatry - a New Venture

Formal training programmes in psychiatry for general practitioners (GPs) by Psychiatrists so far reported have involved MBBS graduates. But, a considerable proportion of registered medical practitioners who serve the community are non-MBBS about whose training needs, no experience is yet available. This paper describes a training programme in which an attempt was made to know the training needs...

Perceived Training Needs of Maritime Doctors and General Practitioners

Introduction: Medical practitioners provide pre-employment examinations and periodic health examinations to seafarers, fishermen, offshore employees, and maritime students to ensure that they are fit for work. So far, very little is known about doctors’ perceptions of their professional training needs and expectations. The objective of this study was to gain insight on (a</...

Training general practitioners in mental health skills.

In the UK about 40% of British General Practitioners (GPs) train formally in a psychiatric post as part of the two years of specialist attachment in their training (Pereira Gray, 1995) but the training needs of future GPs are quite different from those of psychiatrists. A few months working in a psychiatric unit, where the focus is on the management of acute and chronic psychotic illness, does ...