CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The editors of BMC Family Practice would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 16 (2015).

Twenty-four general-practice trainees were assessed at the beginning and end of their training year. They improved significantly in their factual recall and problem-solving ability. Sixteen young principals who had had an unstructured training for general practice were assessed at the same time and were initially of the same standard but their results showed no difference over the same year.

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