The First G P Term : a curriculum for the first three months which the intending practitioner spends in general practice

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\THE FIRST G P TERM\" a curriculum for the first three months which the intending practitioner spends in general practice addresses three questions: why is there a need for such a curriculum; how should it be constituted and how should it be presented? The need for this curriculum is explored in terms of the background education with which medical graduates approach general practice. Medical science learned in Universities and Teaching Hospitals requires adaptation and additional competencies have to be acquired if the doctor is to become a general practitioner. In this process the first three months in general practice is critical. Patterns of effective practice need to be established at the outset patterns which will last a lifetime with continuing refinement. Among the comparatively modest literature about education for general practice I have been unable to find a comprehensive curriculum for this significant transition from hospital to domiciliary practice the first G P term. The

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