Nicotine chewing gum in general practice: effect of follow up appointments

Two hundred smokers who were judged by their general practitioner to be motivated to stop smoking were allocated to one of two groups. All were offered an initial appointment at which they were advised to stop smoking and offered nicotine gum. One group then received no further appointments. The other was offered four further appointments over three months. Both groups were followed up at six and 12 months. At one year follow up 15.5% overall had stopped smoking, 14% in the low and 17% in the high contact group. This is better than most results so far reported for nicotine chewing gum in general practice, suggesting that general practitioners can use it to good effect. We compare this result with others achieved in general practice.     

Academic general practice in Australian medical schools

This paper reports on a survey of the current state of academic general practice in the ten Australian medical schools. Despite its lack of resources, low profile and ambivalent acceptance in Australian medical schools, academic general practice has survived. Its problems and potential contribution for producing better doctors are outlined and discussed.     

Audits in general practice by medical students

This paper reports the implementation, findings and feedback of the audit project of the general practice (GP) module carried out in the fifth year of the MBChB (Sheffield) twinning programme with the Perak College of Medicine. After training, each student with his/her GP tutor planned and conducted the audit. All 28 students (year 2002) satisfactorily completed their audit projects. Fifty percent did an audit of hypertension, 36% on diabetes, 7% on asthma and one each (3.5%) on upper respiratory tract infection and client satisfaction. It was the GP tutors first experience at audit in their clinics. The majority of indicators of care audited did not meet the set target standards.     

Assessment of medical students in general practice.

Assessment of medical students in general practice provides a unique challenge to medical educators as it has an extremely broad and varied curriculum. This paper discusses some of the main challenges and choices presented to educators and outlines and one model of assessment currently used at the University of Melbourne. Integration of a variety of assessment tools and a greater contribution to the final examination are important considerations for the future of general practice and assessment in Australian medical schools.     

高等医学院校全科医学教育的实践与探索

全科医学是一门以人为本,以健康为中心,面向个人、家庭与社区,提供连续性、综合性、协调性医疗卫生保健服务的医学学科。面对新的挑战,全科医学与全科医生显示出明显的优势。为适应医学科学的发展和地方医疗卫生事业发展的要求,近年来广州医学院在临床医学专业学生中大力开展全科医学教育,积极进行多种形式的全科医学教育的实践与探索,取得了良好的效果。     

高等医学院校全科医学教育的实践与探索

全科医学是一门以人为本,以健康为中心,面向个人、家庭与社区,提供连续性、综合性、协调性医疗卫生保健服务的医学学科.面对新的挑战,全科医学与全科医生显示出明显的优势.为适应医学科学的发展和地方医疗卫生事业发展的要求,近年来广州医学院在临床医学专业学生中大力开展全科医学教育,积极进行多种形式的全科医学教育的实践与探索,取得了良好的效果.     

开展全科医学本科教育的实践与探讨

采用自填式问卷调查方法,调查我校89名本科生对本校全科医学教育课程的意见,90％以上的学生对教学过程表示满意,但在课程设置、教学方法及社区实践方面仍需要改进。全科医学本科教育需要结合其特点进行教学模式的改革。