General practice: a secondment from emergency medicine--so what!
The Joint Committee for Higher Medical Training has issued a core curriculum for training in accident and emergency medicine. This article highlights some of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes one may usefully gain from a period of 6-12 months in general practice and how this can be integrated and adapted to a career in emergency medicine.
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Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare Trust.
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