General Practitioner Education: UK and Nordic Perspectives [Paperback]

A workshop to look at strategies, methods of implementation and evaluation of vocational training and Continuing Medical Education in General Practice was held in June 1990 in London. This text represents papers written by contributors to the workshop and pre-circulated papers which describe health systems and educational realities in six countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the UK. The first part of the books compares the structure care systems and General Practice education in the UK and Nordic countries. The second part reviews teaching under five headings, each introduced by a brief commmentary highlighting the main issues and indicating the consensus view. Of particular note is the last chapter which presents demography and health service organization, arrangements for General Practice and primary health care, vocational (specialists) training of GPs, and continuing medical education for each of the six countries.1. Strategies for vocational training.- Discussion points  Dr Martin Lawrence.- Dr Graham Buckley  United Kingdom.- Dr Per Blicher-Hansen  Denmark.- 2. Strategies for continuing education.- Discussion points  Dr Martin Lawrence.- Dr Anna-Karin Furhoff  Sweden.- Dr Denis Pereira Gray  United Kingdom.- 3. Implementing postgraduate teaching programmes.- Discussion points  Dr Martin Lawrence.- Dr John Hasler  United Kingdom.- 4. Teaching methods for general practice.- Discussion points  Dr Martin Lawrence.- Dr Claes Kj?r  Denmark.- Dr Sirkka Kein?nen-Kiukaanniemi  Finland.- Dr Jamie Bahrami  United Kingdom.- 5. Assessment of training programmes.- Discussion points  Dr Martin Lawrence.- Bj?rn Hoftvedt and Professor Steinar Westin  Norway.- Dr Donald Irvine  United Kingdom.- Professor David Metcalfe  United Kingdom.- Dr Marshall Marinker  United Kingdom.- 6. Learning from each other.- The UK-Nordic Medical Educational Trust  Dr Peter Pritchard, United Kingdom.- 7. Health services and general practice education in five Nol3«