TRAINING GENERAL PRACTITIONERS: RESPONSE

Invited Commentary Training General Practitioners*

Nationally there is no standardized system for the education and training of general practitioners (GPs) within the UK in relation to prevention, early detection and management of alcohol problems. A number of surveys over the past 20 years have confirmed GPs' role legitimacy concerning working with excessive drinkers, but identified a lack of role adequacy and role support for this work. Howev...

Perceived Training Needs of Maritime Doctors and General Practitioners

Introduction: Medical practitioners provide pre-employment examinations and periodic health examinations to seafarers, fishermen, offshore employees, and maritime students to ensure that they are fit for work. So far, very little is known about doctors’ perceptions of their professional training needs and expectations. The objective of this study was to gain insight on (a</...

Training general practitioners in mental health skills.

In the UK about 40% of British General Practitioners (GPs) train formally in a psychiatric post as part of the two years of specialist attachment in their training (Pereira Gray, 1995) but the training needs of future GPs are quite different from those of psychiatrists. A few months working in a psychiatric unit, where the focus is on the management of acute and chronic psychotic illness, does ...

New approaches to training general practitioners.

The Training of General Practitioners in Psychiatry

1 he new Act, with its emphasis on treatment at home, will inevitably cast more responsibility on General Practitioners. They may have to sign recommendations to get patients compulsorily into hospital; they will probably be asked to give advice on the Act and its implications to many of their patients; and as the Act is designed to reduce prejudices and stigma, their answers on these questions...