TY - JOUR T1 - A conferring JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 879 LP - 879 DO - 10.3399/bjgp09X473033 VL - 59 IS - 568 AU - Dermot Halpin Y1 - 2009/11/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/59/568/879.abstract N2 - It was a sunlit day in November when the Provost and I arrived in Heathrow. We met up, quite accidently, on the way to receive our FRCGP parchments; Joe had been awarded his Fellowship in April, but, for whatever reasons, postponed his trip until November and I was glad of the company. The place hummed with excitement. We rubbed shoulders with everybody, but I was gobsmacked to be able to shake the … ER -