Flexibility in general professional training.

A "general professional training" inquiry.

AN IMPORTANT recommendation of the Royal Commission on Medical Education was the institution of a 3-year period of general professional training to follow the pre-registration year. Such a scheme would have certain advantages and would follow the pattern of postgraduate education in some other countries. It would, however, pose considerable difficulties in terms of implementation, and it has me...

General professional training in community child health.

A scheme providing general professional training for doctors in community child health is described. The scheme covers three years and gives broad clinical experience in general hospital paediatrics, community paediatrics, psychiatry, and general practice. The aims of the scheme and service needs and future structure for our trainees are discussed.

A survey of flexibility training protocols and hamstring strains in professional football clubs in England.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the relation between current flexibility training protocols, including stretching, and hamstring strain rates (HSRs) in English professional football clubs. METHOD Questionnaire based data on flexibility training methods and HSRs were collected from 30 English professional football clubs in the four divisions during the 1998/99 season. Data were coded and analysed us...

General professional training in psychiatry in the South-west Thames Region.

Health professional training in youth violence prevention: a commentary by the Surgeon General.