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D Durno

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PubMed1992

Involvement of lay visitors in general practice assessment visits.

Six practice assessment visits which jointly involved lay and medical visitors were arranged by the patient liaison group of the Royal College of General Practitioners. These visits were inspired by the 'What sort of doctor' report published by the RCGP in 1985. A subgroup of the patient liaison group adapted the assessment grid from the report to take account of involving lay visitors with doctors on practice visits. The visits were educationally valuable to the lay visitors, and also prompted some practical changes in the practices. This experiment might have further application in the development of fellowship by assessment or even in the process of reaccreditation of general practitioners.

Community Participation↗
PubMed1974

Awareness and experience of general practitioners of selected drug interactions.

The awareness of general practitioners of selected adverse drug interactions has been assessed. The drugs studied included adrenergic neurone blockers, warfarin, antidiabetic agents, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The findings must be interpreted with caution but they suggest that there is a clear need to improve the effectiveness of communication of information about adverse drug interactions if unnecessary iatrogenic disease is to be avoided.

Amitriptyline↗
PubMed1974

Survey of general practitioners' views on postgraduate education in North-east Scotland.

A questionnaire was sent to all doctors in North-east Scotland enquiring about postgraduate education. The educational programme devised by the Education Committee of the North-east Scotland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners was considered to be relevant, interesting, and well-planned. Suggestions made by the doctors have been taken account of by the Education Committee in their present programme.Journals considered to have the best educational content were Prescriber's Journal, Update and The Practitioner. Those doctors who read The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners thought it expressed up-to-date and helpful views about the development of general practice. However, it was ranked poorly alongside such journals as Update.The doctors rated contact with their partners and hospital colleagues as the most important sources of education. These links must be a growth point for postgraduate education within an integrated health service.One-week courses, covering several subjects with a variety of presentations, were most favoured by the replying doctors.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗