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Family Practice Vol. 17, No. 4, 283-284
© Oxford University Press 2000

Editorial

Academic general practice: no time for ivory towers

Yvonne H Cartera and Sean Hiltonb

a Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Medical Sciences, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS and
b Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting, London SW17 0RE, UK.

Carter YH and Hilton S. Academic general practice: no time for ivory towers. Family Practice 2000; 17: 283–284.

Received 4 January 2000; Accepted 13 March 2000.

The very notion of academic general practice is problematic for some—conjuring up images of ivory towers, and GPs working in sheltered environments, protected from the demands of ‘real’ or ‘front-line’ practice. The academic section of any discipline is marked out by its responsibilities for its ‘futures’ component, i.e. education and research for future practice. Academic general practice is still a relatively new discipline. Its role is to support the development of general practice and primary care through the education and training of medical undergraduates, GPs and primary care staff, and through research activities that will contribute to the evidence base for health care in the community. It works in partnership with networks of teaching and research active practices, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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