The WONCA 2004 conference was an opportunity for the RCGP curriculum development team* to share its work with experts from around the world in order to inform the UK GP Training Curriculum, which is due to be completed in early 2005.
On the first day, we had a presentation from Justin Allen on the ‘European Definition of General Practice’, from myself on ‘The Context and Educational Setting of the New Curriculum’, and from Adam Fraser on the ‘Literature Review’. These presentations were given to a packed audience — people were even standing up at the back of the room! The speakers summarised the current status of the curriculum review and answered questions about Foundation Programme GP placements and on the need for, and balance between, hospital training placements. There was thoughtful discussion about the literature review and an Australian professor brought up how much scope there was for variation in the proposed programmes, pointing out …