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JCEHP see the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

JCPTGP see the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice

JIGSAW APPROACH. (Syndicate method) Divide class into groups working on different aspects of same problem with intermittent teacher support

JOB DESCRIPTION OF A GENERAL PRACTITIONER/FAMILY PHYSICIAN "The general practitioner is a licensed medical graduate who gives personal, primary and continuing care to individuals, families and a practice population, irrespective of age, sex and illness. It is the synthesis of these functions which is unique. He will attend his patients in his consulting room and in their homes and sometimes in a clinic or a hospital. His aim is to make early diagnoses. He will include and integrate physical, psychological and social factors in his considerations about health and illness. This will be expressed in the care of his patients. He will make an initial decision about every problem which is presented to him as a doctor. He will undertake continuing management of his patients with chronic, recurrent or terminal illnesses. Prolonged contact means that he can use repeated opportunities to gather information at a pace appropriate to each patient and build up a relationship of trust which he can use professionally. He will practice in co-operation with other colleagues, medical and non medical. He will know how and when to intervene through treatment, prevention and education to promote the health of his patients and their families. He will recognise that he also has a professional responsibility to the community." (Leeuwenhorst, 1974).

JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS (JCEHP). A quarterly international journal that publishes papers relevant to the theory and practice of continuing education in the health sciences. www.jcehp.com