Volume 12 Number 2 contents

LEADING ARTICLES

Evolution of the journal; continuing change
John Pitts

Improving general practice standards: a lesson from Australia
Richard Hays

Pre-registration house officers in general practice: opportunity or threat?
Paul Sackin and Anne White

Appraisal, supervision and mentoring
Jonathan Burton

ARTICLES

'Turning the tide': influencing future GP attitudes to opiate misusers 
Mark Gabbay, Chris Shiels and Alex van den Bos

A framework for looking at the trainer/registrar tutorial in general practice
Richard Gray

An applied, practice-based approach to research training in general practice
Malcolm Colledge and Richard Neal

Expectations and benefits of the Somerset New Principals' Course: '10 years of experience in one year'
Lindsay Smith and Tony Wright

GP registrars' views on extending the general practice element of vocational training and higher professional education: a questionnaire study in the Northern Deanery
Hilton Dixon and Tim van Zwanenberg

Pre-registration house officers in general practice: a report on the experience in South East Scotland 1998-99
Ninian Hewitt, Brian McKinstry and Joe Wilton

TEACHING EXCHANGE

NEWS AND VIEWS

JOURNAL WATCH

COURSE ORGANISERS AND GP TUTORS

FROM MY DIARY. . .

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

INNER SENSE

HASLAM ON EDUCATION

MEDICINE AND LITERATURE

BOOKS AND BURCH