Hospital and general practice co-operative initiatives in education

All these developments demonstrate what can be achieved by the presence, within the teaching hospital system, of a person who is recognised as being responsible for general practice training. Considerable progress has been made, but it is emphasised that this has been an evolutionary process. Further, almost all the programmes and activities that have evolved have been built on ideas initiated by the Director of Ambulatory Paediatrics or were already in the minds of a number of people but not implemented because of other commitments. The co-ordinator has been in a position to adopt these ideas and put them into practice.