Vocational training for general practice: a preliminary report.

Abstract

A three-year experimental postgraduate course in vocational training for general practice has been set up in north-east England. The first and last six-month periods are spent in general practice and the remainder in senior house-officer appointments. In general, supply now seems to equal demand for such courses, but greater incentives are needed to encourage applicants other than those who would prepare themselves for general practice in any case.