Introduction In response to Tomorrow's Doctors, the use of primary care as a teaching base
has been extended in many medical curricula. Previous reports have largely been …

INTRODUCTION: General practitioners (GPs) working as clinical teachers are likely to
influence medical students' level of community-based learning. This paper aimed to …

The amount of undergraduate medical education delivered in general practice is expanding
rapidly, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. There are a number of challenges …

Summary. This article summarizes the findings of a survey investigating the extent to which
medical schools in the United Kingdom have developed community‐based undergraduate …

Aims To obtain the perceptions of first‐year clinical medical students of the relative
advantages and disadvantages of community‐based and hospital‐based clinical teaching …

BACKGROUND: All UK medical schools are revising their curricula following the General
Medical Council recommendations to increase general practice involvement in …

Academic general practice While the diversity of activity within departments and units of
general practice7 reflects the wide variationin course length and curriculum content at …

Medical education–based predominantly in hospital environments, and with increasing
specialisation and a rapid turnover of patients who represent a narrow spectrum of health …

Context Globally, primary health care is facing workforce shortages. Longer and higher‐
quality placements in primary care increase the likelihood of medical students choosing this …

Stresses the ability of primary care to retain its reputation for the provision of high quality
undergraduate training. Criticism on the quality of laboratory learning posed by hospital …