MINOR SURGERY AND THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER

General practitioner surgery: anyone interested?

INTRODUCTION We sought to assess awareness of, exposure to and interest in general practitioner (GP) surgery and enhanced surgical skills (ESS) among family practice residents in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. METHODS We distributed a survey to all family practice residents at 4 universities in BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The survey assessed demographic information, awareness o...

Minor surgery in general practice.

Quality of minor surgery in general practice.

leaving one or more problems to another occasion if necessary. Only when doctors have a better understanding of what they are trying to achieve at the beginning of every consultation will they more readily embrace those patients who bring written lists which actually facilitate agenda setting for the doctor. It is the teaching of appropriate researchbased communication skills rather than the ex...

Pædiatrics and the General Practitioner

I REGARD myself as being greatly honoured and privileged to give this, the first Stephen Garvin Memorial Lecture. I met Stephen Garvin for the first time more than thirty years ago, and all his subsequent lifetime I enjoyed his personal friendship and that of his family. Apart from our medical association we had a common interest in another of his activities and he taught me a great deal. He ha...

Monetarism and the General Practitioner

The government has decided that its monetarist policy should extend into the management of the NHS. In 'Working for Patients' the government outlines its policy which, in essence, is a blueprint for controlling the ever-escalating costs of health care. It seeks to exert this control by a two pronged budgetary approach, one at regional level and one at the basic provider level. The regional budg...