RCGP Junior International Committee: a global approach to primary care.

Diversity in Family Medicine: The Art of Thinking Independently Together – Reflections on the RCGP exchange 2016

This narrative summarizes the reflections of a UK conference exchange experience of four young general practitioners (GPs) from Peru, Portugal, Italy, and Pakistan. This article was written after participating in a RCGP exchange program in October 2016. This consisted of 2 days of observation in a GP practice in Liverpool followed by attendance at the RCGP preconference and annual conference. T...

International primary care and the RCGP: the college's role in global health.

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...

Preparation and Designing a Checklist for Health Care Marketing Mix, with Medical Tourism Approach

Introduction: Increasing pressure on available funds in health care section especially hospitals, enhances the need of analyzing different strategies in economic terms. One of the solutions for the optimal use of financial resources and potentials in hospitals and health care centers is using elements of the marketing mix. In this way we could make the best use of the resources...

Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners and recognition of depression in primary care.

To determine the effect of membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on recognition of depression, odds ratios, Lowess-smoothed plots, and regression models were produced for recognition rates in a representative sample of 20,818 patient contacts for members and non-members of the RCGP Membership of the RCGP did not appear to convey greater ability to discriminate between ...