Professional standards are a significant issue for professions such as IT and Project Management, where certification and licensure are either necessary to practice or to demonstrate individual competence and capability. In many professions there is no basis for international reciprocity of professional standards. This paper documents the development of a standard for global reciprocity between...

The Code Provisions V through IX focus on a variety of responsibilities for the professional nurse. Provision V spotlights nurses' obligation to the same values and actions for themselves as are espoused in The Code for their patients. Provision VI addresses the responsibility of all nurses to maintain quality patient care, regardless of their roles in the health care system. Meeting profession...

This article reports on a pilot vocational study programme for provision of antenatal services in the general practice environment. The concurrent evaluation study assessed practice nurses' experiences of undertaking the pilot programme, the level and applicability of the content, and the mode of delivery. General practitioners' understanding of the role of the nurse in providing antenatal serv...

General practice is recognised as the first port of call for most patients in the Australian healthcare system with GPs performing a gatekeeper role. There are more than 17,000 vocationally registered general practitioners in Australia and about 1,500 registrars currently training 1 or one GP per 974 persons. Almost all of us (82%) attend a GP at least once during any given year. GPs provide by...

This article describes positive outcomes in culture, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores, employee engagement, and clinical quality as a result of using shared governance, specifically unit practice councils (UPC) or staff councils, to implement Relationship-Based Care (RBC).

Teachers in General Practice until the final year of the undergraduate curriculum.1,2 For these reasons it is worthwhile to review the present teaching arrangements and to examine whether or not there is any evidence that University of Bristol students are at a disadvantage in their learning opportunities. Since 1971, the General Practice teaching has taken place during a 9-week 'Medicine in the

General Practice in Australia 2000 retains most of the format of its predecessor, but many of the chapters have additional (as well as updated) information. There are some entirely new chapters on topics not covered at all (or only in passing) in the first edition. There is also a minor change of style: the Department says that it allowed authors “... more freedom to explore contentious issues ...