General Practice in the United Kingdom – A training evolution

oleh: Patrick Hutt

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade 2014-01-01

Deskripsi

This article will outline the current state of training for UK General Practice, specifying some of the steps that must be taken in order to qualify, the challenges that trainees often face, and the career opportunities that may await them once completed. A historical perspective will be used to demonstrate the extent to which General Practice has evolved during the last sixty years. A few of the examples and explanations used in this article are by necessity simplistic, designed to highlight key areas of UK general practice in a bid to encourage readers to explore further if they wish to do so.