Open AccessGeneral Practice in the United Kingdom – A training evolution
Author(s) -
Patrick Hutt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
revista brasileira de medicina de família e comunidade
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2179-7994
pISSN - 1809-5909
DOI - 10.5712/rbmfc9(30)881
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , general practice , perspective (graphical) , face (sociological concept) , wish , order (exchange) , state (computer science) , kingdom , engineering ethics , medical education , public relations , political science , computer science , sociology , medicine , engineering , business , artificial intelligence , geography , social science , family medicine , finance , algorithm , meteorology , paleontology , anthropology , biology
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.