This article describes the earliest links of the Royal College of General Practitioners with other countries, using an historical and geographical sequence. It analyses the methods and content of exchanges and looks at the balance between what has been exported and what has been imported.

Vocational training for general practice in the European community.

The RCGP and other countries: a beginning.

way from being able to label any cigarette as less hazardous. That will be possible only when we have learnt enough about the basic mechanisms of the main smoking related diseases to be able to eliminate the causative factors from cigarette smoke. 8 Benowitz NC. Health and public policy implications of the \"low yield\" cigarette.

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Women victims of domestic violence.

Training for general practitioners usually provides little experience in research, business management, or dealing with chronic disease. It is these areas that could provide scope for further training after becoming a general practitioner principal and provided career goals. Formally recognised research practices, perhaps with one partner coordinating research but all participating, and district research facilitators could increase both the quality and the quantity of research in general practice. Recognising the different skills of doctors in the partnership and referring patients to the most appropriate partner will improve care for patients as well as provide career development. Further training could be aimed at filling gaps in the practice's pool of skills. Good management skills are becoming more important as practice teams get bigger and fundholding spreads. Some doctors may wish to become full time or part time managers and the idea of accredited courses for management has been raised.

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A career structure for general practice.

In operation since 1985, the Norwegian five-year postgraduate educational programme for general practitioners is based on one year's hospital training and four years of training in general practice. One of its main components is a two-year goup-based educational programme. Since there was little previous experience to rely on when setting these groups to work, there has been some concern as to whether the system would work - and how. This paper summarizes the practical experience of the first 45 groups established, based on a questionnaire filled in by the group leaders during their third one-week trainer course. There had been few problems that were not solved by the groups themselves. All 45 groups, including 326 participants, fulfilled the 40 scheduled three-hour meetings within two and a half years. This group-based educational system is now an alternative to the traditional one-to-one trainer/trainee relationship established in many countries as a part of the postgraduate training for general practit...

Group-based training for general practice in Norway: making a new model work.

Objectives: To delineate the arrangements that allow vocational trainees in general practice to provide longitudinal care for patients.Methods: A brief questionnaire was sent to representatives of all member-nations of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice (EURACT) in December 1995.Results: Representatives of 23 of the 26 membernations returned completed questionnaires. Thirteen reported that typical trainees spend 12 or more consecutive months partly or entirely in a longitudinalcare setting. In 16 countries, some patients recognise trainees as their longitudinal-care physicians. All 16 report arrangements to inform patients of their relationships with trainees and to assure that patients see their trainee-physicians at most encounters. Common barriers to allowing trainees to provide longitudinal care include short duration of trainee stay and resistance by either patients or trainees.Conclusions: In many vocational programmes of EURACT nations, GP trainees function as longitudinal-care ph...

Vocational training for general practice in the European community.

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The RCGP and other countries: a beginning.

Women victims of domestic violence.

A career structure for general practice.

Group-based training for general practice in Norway: making a new model work.

Arrangements that allow general practice trainees to provide longitudinal care for patients