Future of primary healthcare education: current problems and potential solutions.
This review examines the origins of primary care and the pressures currently faced in terms of patient expectation, regulation, accountability, and work force shortages. It recognises the appropriateness of adding to the burden in primary care further by the shift both of more services and more medical education from secondary care. Some conclusions are drawn concerning potential solutions including skill mix changes, centralisation of services, a change in attitudes to professional mistakes, increased protected development time, evidence based education, and academic, leadership, and feedback skills for general practitioners. Six recommendations are offered as a prescription for organisational and educational change.
Lord
J
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School of Human and Health Sciences, Harold Wilson Building, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 3DH, UK. j.lord@hud.ac.uk
D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003657:Decision Making; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*