First in our new series of Research Alerts for GPs and service commissioners, prepared by PCU with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group. Please download and share but reproduce in entirety and cite sources. Queries: Lucy Lloyd, Communications Manager at the Primary Care Unit.
Dr Tanya Blumenfeld and her Traveller patients feature in Lancet to mark Alma-Ata Declaration
Forty years after the Alma-Ata Declaration was made in 1978 – identifying primary health care as the key to the attainment of the goal of Health for All – The Lancet published a series of articles exploring progress in primary care, including a photo essay by Dr Alexander Kumar featuring primary care doctors around the […]
Why are undertakers so busy?
Blog by Dr Duncan Edwards, GP and doctoral research fellow at the Primary Care Unit My local undertakers are having a busy year. And it’s not just me that’s noticed this. GPs make routine visits to undertakers, to confirm the dead are legally fit for cremation, and we have learned only to ask the question […]
Will virtual reality transform medical education?
Blog by Dr Jon Ferdinand, pictured above with fellow GP Associate Directors, Dr Madeleine Lameris (centre) and Dr Kinnary Martin. ASME 2018 Imagine being the first doctor at a cardiac arrest. I used to dread the thought. Despite having practiced numerous times on Resusci Anne (lifesize practice resuscitation doll for medical students and first aiders) […]
PCU Profile: Dr Yasar Khan, first generation medic
Dr Yasar Khan joined the GP Education Group (GPEG) at the Primary Care Unit in 2017. GPEG teaches hundreds of medical students every year – delivering 21% of the Cambridge clinical curriculum and teaching everything from dermatology to primary care paediatrics. Dr Khan is an Assistant Director with the team. He is a GP and […]
Medical student Tom Ronan wins essay competition: “Why I’m choosing general practice.”
Writing in GP Online, final year University of Cambridge medical student Tom Ronan explains how his medical ambitions have been shaped by his experiences in general practice. On my surgical placement I gazed in awe as the consultant sutured two sections of bowel, his fingers nimble, quick and effortless. But mastery and expertise are not […]