Black:'it is important for them [students] to see and hear the consultation in progress… and to
hear the preliminary clinical assessment and how this is communicated to the patient'. 2 It …

Third-year medical students should take an active role in patient care. In the clinic, they
should be seeing patients first, collecting data, and working on developing their skills as …

Although the first academic department of general practice was created over 50 years ago in
Edinburgh (in 1957, with the appointment of a professor in 1963), UK medical schools were …

The Future of General Medicine: Lessons from an Admissions Ward Page 1 The future of
general medicine: lessons from an admissions wardj ABSTRACT -iObjective: To define the …

Opportunity, diversity, challenge, lifestyle and practice satisfaction. Does this read like a
classified ad extolling the virtues of a rural or remote practice? The ads are true, but they are …

One of the most important changes I have seen in undergraduate medical education has
been the development of teaching of general practice. Less than 30 years ago the UniversityofEdinburghcreatedthefirstindepe …

At that time I was becoming aware of the potential of general practice for research and
because of the increasing emphasis of hospital research on technology and rare diseases …

EDrroR,-Justin Allen and colleagues' proposals to unify the two branches of academic
general practice are thought provoking and logical.'They may even be right. They deserve …

Dear Editor We have read with interest the article 'Medical undergraduate primary care
teaching across the UK: what is being taught?'written by Boon, Ridd and Blythe as published …

The delivery of healthcare in the UK is coming under the intense scrutiny of politicians. 1
Central to their argument is the concept that good quality diagnosis and management can …