OBJECTIVE The aim of this research was to involve migrants and other key stakeholders in a participatory dialogue to develop a guideline for enhancing communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations. In this paper, we focus on findings about the use of formal versus informal interpreters because dialogues about these issues emerged as central to the identification of recommendati...

A strong working relationship between advanced practice professionals (APPs) and supervising oncologists is essential for reducing medical errors, retaining employees, and improving work environments. Although there is rather limited data on the unique relationship of the APP and physician, fundamental communication skills-including open communication, mutual respect, establishing expectations,...

Our practice comprises a partnership of two doctors with a list of about 5,500 patients during the first nine months of this year. The practice covers a radius of about 5 miles (8 km.). We were faced with a difficult situation at the beginning of the year, as it was obvious that a major outbreak of measles was imminent, in addition to the other common infections. There seemed to be three main p...

The remodelling of the NHS requires a strong general practice nurse (GPN) workforce within general practice. The challenges facing general practice nursing are set within the current policy context and recent available evidence and illustrated by drawing upon the experience of a current GPN working in London. It is argued that there is a need to support the professional development of GPNs and ...

1. Co-chaired this panel 2. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 3. Healthpoint Ltd., Fort Worth, TX 4. University of California, San Francisco, CA 5. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 6. University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, UK 7. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 8. Private practice, Warren, PA 9. Private practice, Tamarac, FL 10. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsb...

Pay for performance (or P4P) may seem like a distant phenomenon to many physicians – one they don’t want to concern themselves with just yet. However, in the past few years, P4P programs have proliferated. Virtually all major payers, including Medicare, are piloting P4P programs and will soon be measuring physician performance and offering financial incentives to those who meet quality target...

Slovak Society of General Practice of the Slovak Medical Association in collaboration with the University of Crete, organized an educational workshop for Slovak GPs in June 2011 in Senec, Slovakia. The workshop focused on research in general practice and was lead by the Rural and Remote Health European Region Editor, Professor Christos Lionis, a leading general medicine researcher in Europe (Fi...

BACKGROUND Quality of care in general practice may be affected by the team climate perceived by its health and non-health professionals. Better team working is thought to lead to higher effectiveness and quality of care. However, there is limited evidence available on what affects team functioning and its relationship with quality of care in general practice. This study aimed to explore individ...

Longer booking intervals between appointments in general practice are generally seen as 'a good thing', and have a strong 'evidence base' to support them. Changing to longer booking intervals is regarded as a pipe dream by many general practitioners (GPs). This paper reports the process and outcomes of a change to longer booking intervals in one practice, identifies the key elements of the chan...

Schmidt’s schema theory (1975) predicts that variable practice (VP) will outperform constant practice (CP). The implications of this for the teaching of skills such as the sprint start are that VP should allow equal or better learning to CP. The aim of this study was to examine the effect on novice subjects of practicing with varying block settings on the learning of the sprint start. A determi...