Volume 10 Number 3 contents

LEADING ARTICLE

The benefits of contract learning
Paramajit Gill, Surinder Singh and Joe Rosenthal

ARTICLES

Targeting our time: a strategy for personal and professional growth
Leone Ridsdale
Good planning and time allocation should increase recruitment and morale in general practice.

Learning for general practitioners in the new NHS
Sunil Bhanot and David Percy
Primary care groups can facilitate learning for GPs and others.

The responsive small group tutor: making effective use of student feedback
Keith Stevenson and Paul Sander
Students' feedback depends on their expectations of the course.  Teachers need to understand and respond to their students' experiences.

What are the learning needs of new GP teachers?
Chris Stephens and Alison Woodcock
A workshop for GP undergraduate teachers addresses important learning needs and it was all done in a day.

Bridging the gap: young practitioner groups
Kay Mohanna
Young practitioner groups need careful nurturing if they are to provide useful support and education for their members.

Work patterns and educational needs of locum GPs
Peter Colvin and Keith Steele
Even full-time locums do not seem to get enough experience or education to maintain their competence.

The Doctor's Interpersonal Skills Questionnaire (DISQ): a validated instrument for use in GP training
Michael Greco, Michael Cavanagh, Arthur Brownlea and Julie McGovern
Patients give useful feedback to GP registrars about their consulting skills.  The feedback is more reproducible if given in a structured way.

Problem-based learning in GP vocational training
Paul Downey and Dec O'Brien
Reflective learning based on real clinical scenarios is popular and useful on the day-release course.

One year of summative assessment: experience and appraisal
Jas Bikhu, Andrew Guion and Andy Flett
A comfortable pass for the principal, a poor fail for practice.  That's the verdict on summative assessment in Trent.

TEACHING EXCHANGE

NEWS AND VIEWS

ASSOCIATION OF COURSE ORGANIZERS

TRAINERS' WORKSHOP

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

INNER SENSE

HASLAM ON EDUCATION

MEDICINE AND LITERATURE

BOOKS AND BURCH