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Is general practice vocational training at risk?

Michael R Kidd
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (1) || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05407.x
Published online: 7 July 2003

Medicopolitical objectives must be distinguished from the training of high quality GPs

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  • Discipline of General Practice, University of Sydney, Balmain, NSW.


Correspondence: 

  • 1. General practice education — the way forward. Report of the Ministerial Review of General Practice Training. Commonwealth of Australia, 1998. Available at: www.health.gov.au/hsdd/gp/pdf/minreprt.pdf (accessed Jun 2003).
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  • 6. Holsgrove G, Jolly B, Jones A, Southgate L. Alternative approaches to vocational training for General Practice: final report of the London hospitals consultancy team. Canberra: Department of Human Services and Health, 1996.
  • 7. Report of the Australian Medical Council Accreditation Team to the Council of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Melbourne: RACGP, 9th May 2003.

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