PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D. H. H. Metcalfe AU - M. A. Varnam TI - Can teachers cross continents? Experiences in Sri Lanka DP - 1981 Oct 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 605--610 VI - 31 IP - 231 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/31/231/605.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/31/231/605.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 Oct 01; 31 AB - We describe our experience of planning and running a workshop in Sri Lanka to prepare doctors for teaching a postgraduate diploma in general practice. We explore whether British models of education for general practice are applicable in other cultures and put forward a check-list of questions which teachers of general practice who are invited to work abroad should ask themselves.