generalists... lol
5 years at university, followed by 5 years on the job training, before you can become a gp.
Up until the year 2005, those wanting to become a General Practitioner of medicine had to do a minimum of the following postgraduate training:
one year as a pre-registration house officer (PRHO) (formerly called a house officer), in which the trainee would usually spend 6 months on a general surgical ward and 6 months on a general medical ward in a hospital;
two years as a senior house officer (SHO) - often on a General Practice Vocational Training Scheme (GP-VTS) in which the trainee would normally complete four 6-month jobs in hospital specialties such as obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, geriatric medicine, accident and emergency or psychiatry;
one year as a general practice registrar on a GP-VTS.
This process has changed under the programme Modernising Medical Careers. Medical practitioners graduating from 2005 onward have to do a minimum of 5 years postgraduate training:
two years of Foundation Training, in which the trainee will do a rotation around either six 4-month jobs or eight 3-month jobs - these include at least 3-months in general medicine and 3-months in general surgery, but will also include jobs in other areas;
A three-year "run-through" GP Specialty Training Program containing (GPSTP): 18 months as a Specialty Registrar in which time the trainee completes a mixture of jobs in hospital specialties such as obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, geriatric medicine, accident and emergency or psychiatry; 18 months as a GP Specialty Registrar in General Practice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_pra...
The majority of GP's are worth every penny of their pay,they work very hard and have to take in vast knowledge to be able to diagnose problems with the human body,Just think how many conditions and diseases there are and then there is the medications to know about,not something a novice could do at all. There will always be those that are bad at their profession though
For the amount of training and the amount of responsibility they have definitely not, what greater responsibility can you hold than for someone else's life?
As already referred to, there are 20 year olds who have never known hard work but have a talent for kicking a football, They get obscene amounts of money without a responsibility or care in the world for anything except themselves
Yes they are.!!
Over the years 'they have forced' rulings that allow them to diversify their financial interests (care home ownership/partnerships etc) handle their own budgets - and open their surgeries on restricted (less) hours and the standard of individual one-on-one medical care has dropped noticeably.
The power they have now adays is out of control - 'they' deciding who will be treated and at what level. Constant threats (by them) of complying to 'their' attitude and demands....or else risk being abandoned by them.
Gone are the days of medical surgery 'helpfulness'....now its if we can get past the 'Hitler Controlled' reception desks....as too whether we are even allowed to see a doctor - any patient complaint is seen as 'aggressiveness' and that patient being banned.
Over paid and far too controlling. The bad news is...its to late now - what we have now adays (above) is the norm.
Yes, mate has a doctor in the family, she's very well off and amount and value of gifts the drug reps give her is staggering.
No
Footballers are massively overpaid as are celebrities
some are massively but others are definitely worth it.
Are General Practioners GP's massively overpaid?, I know whether they are salaried or partners, the renumeration appears very large almost double anything hospital doctors are paid, for what?...They are generalists!...So are they overpaid?
