RCGP approaches 40

Lack of a RCGP Research Committee.

College Officers commenting on my article on academic general practice1 refer to the Clinical Innovation and Research Centre (CIRC) and I agree it has achieved much in education and development. However, CIRC is not a research centre and is not seen nationally as such. It is ironic that they cite the RCGP Research Paper of the Year as evidence of the College managing without a Research Committe...

RCGP supports use of summary care records.

RCGP Quality Team Development programme: an illuminative evaluation.

BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in quality initiatives that are locally owned and delivered, team based, multiprofessional, and formative. The Royal College of General Practitioners' Quality Team Development (QTD) programme is one such initiative aimed at developing primary healthcare teams and their services. AIMS To evaluate QTD from the perspective of participants and assessors. ...

The future of Hoolet: Scottish magazine of the RCGP.

Patient–doctor relationships: duet or duel? A physician’s perspective A Mariotto 855 All letters are subject to editing and may be shortened. Letters should be sent to the BJGP office by e-mail in the first instance, addressed to [email protected] (please include your postal address). Alternatively, they may be sent by post (please use double spacing and, if possible, include a MS Word or pla...

Roles of President and Chairman of the RCGP.

Thank you for publishing the article by Southgate and Pringle in the October issue (pages 854–855) on this important subject. As the person who has most recently held both these offices, I would like to describe two other roles of the President of the College which were not mentioned. First, the President traditionally visits most or all of the Faculties during the three-year term. This is a gr...