Letter: Vocational training for general practice.

Vocational Training for General Practice

In October 1968, this Journal published a paper entitled 'Vocational Training for General Practice' which was mainly concerned with the need for such training at that time, and the future developments necessary to make achievement a possibility. In assessing the then current position, it was suggested that in its attempt to establish itself as a true academic discipline, General Practice had to...

Changes in Vocational Training for General Practice

The introduction of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and the regulatory framework being implemented by the new Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) will bring about major changes for all doctors in training, not least in general practice (GP). As there has been longstanding criticism of elements of the GP training programme, which has been set in regulation for the past 25...

The development of vocational training for general practice.

Vocational training to be spent in general practice with GPs.

I welcome the discussion paper on values as a useful contribution to enhancing clinical practice. We have developed a training programme for healthcare professionals that has been used in primary care, undergraduate and postgraduate training. The workshop type programme identifies common personal values and discusses ways of integrating them into practice. Our experience is that by reflecting a...

The vocational training period. With an example of a training programme for general practice.