Continuing education for general practitioners in northern Ireland.

IN 1970 the Education Committee of the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners commissioned a survey of the opinion of general practitioners regarding continuing education. The objectives of the survey were to ascertain the extent to which general practitioners were making use of the facilities available, their opinion of the teaching received and of the types of course commonly held, and also to seek suggestions for improvement in the organisation of continuing education. The survey was conducted by a postal questionnaire distributed to all general practitioner principals in Northern Ireland and to a randomly selected sample of general practitioner principals in England and Wales. This paper presents an analysis of the replies received from Northern Ireland.