Volume 10 Number 2 contents

LEADING ARTICLE

A tale of two cities: integrating postgraduate and undergraduate general practice education
DAvid Snadden, Richard Hays and John Bain

ARTICLES

Exploring aspects of evidence-based medicine: case report of a practice-based appraoch to learning
Hilarie Bateman and Tony Flinn
A GP partnerhsip learns about EBM with help from a research facilitator.  The seminars benefit the partners in many other ways too.

Educational supervision in continuing medical education: the recipients' view
Julia Oxenbury, Andrew Singleton and Brian Matthews
A supervisor or mentor is important in self-directed learning.  Should all GPs have one?

Keeping on their toes': inner-London GPs' attitudes to CME
Stella Silvester, Joe Rosenthal and Michael Modell
London GPs know what they want from CME, but is it what they need?

Teachers of administrators? A survey of GP tutors
Andrew Singleton, rank Smith and Andre Tylee
GP tutors do more organizing than teaching.  Lectures are still the main educational fare they serve up.

Vocational training for family medicine in the UAE: an update
Campbell Miller
A Middle East training scheme sets up an excellent hospital component for GP training.   This is the way - do other countries have to change?

GP registrars' views on summative assessment
Rima Aboudan, Malcolm Campbell and Thomas Murray
GP registrars in the West of Scotland generally support summative assessment but they have doubts about some of it.

Thinking about how women GPs think: the rationality behind 'resistance' to professional development
Ruth Pinder
Traditional methods of continuing education may not suit the complex lives of many women GPs.  A much more creative approach is needed.

TEACHING EXCHANGE

NEWS AND VIEWS

ASSOCIATION OF COURSE ORGANIZERS

TRAINERS' WORKSHOP

FROM MY DIARY.........

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

INNER SENSE

HASLAM ON EDUCATION

MEDICINE AND LITERATURE

BOOKS AND BURCH