title: General professional training in medicine.
abstract: A programme of general professional training in medicine based on the Royal Commission report has been in operation at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, and associated hospitals since 1969. It involves a two-year rotation through general medicine, dermatology, psychiatry, paediatrics, geriatrics, and a variety of medical specialties. A third year is spent as far as possible in one unit of the doctor's choice. The scheme has been popular with trainees and senior staff. A high pass-rate has been achieved in the M.R.C.P.--23 out of 26 being successful within the three-year period. The trainees have subsequently taken up a wide variety of hospital posts within the broad division of medicine or entered general practice. The concept of a broadly based three-year period of general professional training in medicine has proved both practical and useful.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D009462:Neurology / Q000193:education; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D012606:Scotland; D013997:Time Factors