title: Learning general practice--the experience of one trainee.
abstract: I report my experiences in learning general practice as a vocational trainee with 12 months divided between two general practices at the end of a three-year course. A parallel between developmental milestones and a trainee's educational development is drawn and the reasons which brought patients to me as a trainee are analysed.I suggest the trainee year should be a dynamic time of learning and that trainees should be in an educational environment including progressively less authority. The trainer/trainee relationship, like the doctor/patient relationship, is all important.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom