Volume 2

LEADING ARTICLES

The changing face of continuing medical education
John Hasler

Assessing the clinical competence of family practitioners: current state and trends
Phlip Tombleson

Teaching to learn and learning to teach
Peter Jenkins

Education for teamwork
Michael Drury

Education at senior house officer level
Michael Ruscoe

ARTICLES

Teaching communication skills: a problem-based approach
Linda Gask, Jed Boardman and Sally Standart
Consultation behaviour on video: and analysis of how doctors can enhance their performance.

The use of actors as simulated patients - three years’ experience on a day release course for GP trainees
Peter Jenkins
Consultations between actors and doctors are not only extremely realistic but can explore new levels of communication

Profiling - a continuing assessment programme
John Bligh and Alan Price
Compiling an assessment picture from a wide range of sources can furnigh an accurate diagnosis of trainees’ educational needs.

A hospital consultant’s perception of vocational training for general practice
Sapal Tachakra
A consultant examines some of the problems associated with the hospital componenet of vocational training.

An experiment with small groups
John Salinsky et. al
Fish bowl or jam jar? How best to assess potential group skills.

Leading a small group that should have been better
Russell Steele
Small groups can pose problems for the wary as well as the unwary. The author reflects on his experience with a group of practice managers.

Use of drama in sensitizing trainees’ non-verbal communcation during a non-directive counselling course
Philip Nolan and David Robertson
Body language plays an important role in human communications. Actors can help trainees to gain a deeper understanding.

CME for rural general practitioners in South Australia
Peter Davies
Isolated South Australian GPs find it difficult to leave their practices for CME courses. A scheme designed to help them is described.

Three practical training techniques: Part 1 How to use them
John Marwick
Techniques that can be uses in one to one teaching or in groups.

The one-minute trainer: Part 1
John Clayden
Good management principles work in training too. How to become a brilliant trainer in three short lessons.

A modular course for trainers - a comtemporary approach
Roger Pietroni
Chronic disease management: learning to do it better.

Differences in contining medical education activities and attitudes between trainers and non-trainers in general practice
Lynne Allery, Peny Owen, Tom Hayes and Keith Harding
Interviewing doctors uncovered differences which need to be addressd by providers of education.

How to swim with sharks
Voltaire Cousteau
At sea in a group.

PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Interdisciplinary learning
Stuart Evans
An objective assessment of a joint teaching session with trainee general practitioners, district nurses, health visitors and others.

A joint training exercise for general practitioners and clinical psychologists
Maggie Cormack, Stewart Bailey, Eileen Beeney and Linda Steen
General practitioners are sometimes unaware of the scope of clinical psychologists’ work: a report on a joint session with trainees from these two disciplines.

Drug misusers - how can we prepare ourselves?
John Cohen
Teaching on the subject of drug abuse has been neglected in both vocational training and continuing medical education despite the widespread nature of the prablem.

Peace of mind - and journals?
Tim Billington
A way of keeping tabs on the literature - with the help of your trainee

Case discussion - a structure for its use as a teaching and assessment tool
Helen Houston et. al
Case discussion is a widely used method of teaching, but do we exploit it to th full?

Let’s find out how to deal with sex and AIDS
Jonathon Richards
Capturing simulated sex consultations on video.

A regional survey of the intentions of general practitioners regarding postgraduate education under the terms of the 1990 contract
Sean Hilton and Rimon Hornung
PGEA: how well did doctors understand the regulations and how many intend to claim it?

Family medicine training in the USA: Any lessons for British general practice?
John Salinsky
We may have something to learn form the Americans - at a price.

A personal account of a primary health care team building weekend
Christine Menzies
A weekend break can recharge the team’s batteries

Learning about alcohol misuse
John Bligh and Peter Campion
Doctors find the management of alcohol misuse difficult and unrewarding. What do they perceive as their most important learning needs?

The Yorkshire Summer School
Jamie Bahrami
An educational retreat for trainees.

A description of applicants to a residential course for general practitioners
Abbas Vriji
The PGEA is the main motivating factor in GPs seeking continuing education, but what are their real needs and can GP educators meet them?

NEWS AND VIEWS

ASSOCIATION OF COURSE ORGANIZERS

A REGIONAL ADVISER’S DIARY

HASLAM ON WRITING

BOOKS

LETTERS

AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE 1992