RCGP Fellowship

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.

Hand Surgery Fellowship Selection Criteria: A National Fellowship Director Survey

BACKGROUND Candidate characteristics for hand surgery fellowship training remains unknown, as very little data is available in the literature. This study aims to provide information on the criteria that are employed to select candidates for the hand surgery fellowship match. METHODS A 38-question survey was sent in April 2015 to all Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recogni...

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. ...

Family medicine obstetrics fellowship graduates: training and post-fellowship experience.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family medicine obstetrics and maternal-child health fellowships offer family physicians additional training in pregnancy care. Our objectives were to assess the content of these fellowship programs, the clinical practices of fellowship graduates, and factors associated with inclusion of cesarean delivery in practice after fellowship training. METHODS A survey was se...