1995
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6976.369
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Preregistration house officers in general practice

Abstract: Objectives-To obtain from house officers who had rotated through general practice in their preregistration year their views about their experience; and, separately, to compare the overall hours and type of work performed by hospital based and general practice based house officers.Design-Postal questionnaire; and self recording of working hours and duties during four consecutive weeks.Setting Conclusions-A preregistration rotation in general practice is a popular alternative to the hospital based rotation. Alth… Show more

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“…Pioneering steps have already been taken by King's medical firm in the community,3 the Cambridge community based clinical course,4 and the preregistration house officer rotation in general practice organised by Lisson Grove Health Centre and St Mary's Hospital in London 5. This week's journal contains accounts of how the Cambridge approach provided Mandy Wharton with “a rich environment in which to anchor … teaching of disease, health, and clinical skills” (p 407)4 and how house officers in general practice gain insight into primary care services and receive substantially more teaching and clinical time than hospital colleagues (p 369) 6. If these initiatives are so satisfactory why is the move to community based learning of medicine so slow?…”
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“…Pioneering steps have already been taken by King's medical firm in the community,3 the Cambridge community based clinical course,4 and the preregistration house officer rotation in general practice organised by Lisson Grove Health Centre and St Mary's Hospital in London 5. This week's journal contains accounts of how the Cambridge approach provided Mandy Wharton with “a rich environment in which to anchor … teaching of disease, health, and clinical skills” (p 407)4 and how house officers in general practice gain insight into primary care services and receive substantially more teaching and clinical time than hospital colleagues (p 369) 6. If these initiatives are so satisfactory why is the move to community based learning of medicine so slow?…”
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“…EDITOR,—None of the references cited in Joe Wilton's article on preregistration house officers in general practice dates from before 1987 1. I have reported the experience of house officers attached to a practice in Runcorn, Cheshire, that was associated with a university in 1981 and 1982 2.…”
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“…EDITOR,—We were encouraged to read Joe Wilton's description of the progress made in including general practice as part of the preregistration year at St Mary's Hospital Medical School 1. His results confirm that general practice provides many educational opportunities, including increased clinical activities and longer teaching times compared with those for house officers based in hospitals.…”
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