RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Can teachers cross continents? Experiences in Sri Lanka JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 605 OP 610 VO 31 IS 231 A1 D. H. H. Metcalfe A1 M. A. Varnam YR 1981 UL http://bjgp.org/content/31/231/605.abstract 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.