Leeuwenhorst European Working Party. Continuing education and general practitioners.

We have already published reports on the contribution of the general practitioner to the basic education of all doctors and on the objectives for the special training of those who choose this career, based on an agreed definition of this role in medicine. These objectives include one which states that the established practitioner will continue to improve and refine his skills during his professional lifetime; he will need to add to his knowledge as new medical discoveries are made, and to adapt his attitudes in response to changes within society itself.