Choosing General Practice Your Career Guide

This book takes the reader through the various aspects of a career in general practice from the time of applying to medical school until retirement. It will be a practical guide for anyone who is interested in the profession.

There have been a lot of changes to medical careers over the last few years that are now coming to completion, making this a thoroughly up to date guide for all those thinking of going into general practice.

Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Chapter 1: General practice: past, present and future (Roger Jones, King’s College London).

Chapter 2: A day in the life of a general practitioner (Richard Savage, Guys & St. Thomas Hospital VTS and Suzanne Savage, London Deanery).

Chapter 3: Applying for medical school (John Rees, King’s College London).

Chapter 4: Undergraduate training (Helen Graham, King’s College London).

Chapter 5: Foundation training (Jan Welch, Guy’s Hospital, London).

Chapter 6: Specialty training for general practice (Tim Swanwick, London Deanery).

Chapter 7: Royal College of General Practitioners (Nav Chana, London Deanery).

Chapter 8: Further training opportunities (Steve Mowle, London Deanery).

Chapter 9: Flexible training and working (Anne Hastie, London Deanery).

Chapter 10: Returner and retainer schemes (Anwar Khan, London Deanery and Rebecca Viney, London Deanery).

Chapter 11: Principals, partnerships and salaried posts (Rebecca Viney, London Deanery and Catherine Jenson, Broomwood Road Surgery, Kent).

Chapter 12: Portfolio working (Maria Elliott, King’s College London).

Chapter 13: Academic general practice (Anne Stephenson, King’s College London; Neil Jackson, London Deanery; and Roger Jones, King’s College London).

Chapter 14: Teaching in general practice (Amanda Platts, London Deanery; and Anne Stephenson, King’s College London).

Chapter 15: Professional values (John Spicer, University of London).

Chapter 16: General practitioners with special interests (Roger Jones, King’s College London).

Chapter 17: Leadership and management (Julia Whiteman, London Deanery).

Chapter 18: Towards Retirement (Roger May, General Practitioner (retired)).

Index.

applicants to medical school, medical students, junior doctors, GP trainers and medical educators

Dr Anne Hastie, MSc DRCOG FRCGP, Director, Postgraduate General Practice Education, London Deanery.

Dr Anne Stephenson, MBChB, Dip. Obst., PhD (Med), ILTM, Senior Lecturer in General Practice & Director of Community Education, King's College London
Undergraduate Medical Education Team.