From the AiT committee From committee to community

摘要

'Oh, so you're just a GP... - a common line that I am sure many of us will have encountered at some point, whether from a patient, friend or of course another doctor. At one point, perhaps in the heady days of my brief fling with anaesthetics, or my summer romance with dermatology, I too could have allowed these words to drift through my mind, afraid of what it would say about me if I became 'just a GP'. Luckily, experience brings with it wisdom and now as I enter my final year of GP training, I have come to truly understand what it means to be 'just a GP' - to care for people of all ages, to be able to focus on prevention, to deal with uncertainty, to be part of a community, to deliver holistic, person-centred care - it is challenging, it is fascinating, it is a gift. However, it is also not perfect, with new hurdles springing up for trainees, the wider profession and society as a whole, as regular as clockwork. If left unchecked or unchallenged, such hurdles have the potential to detract from the gift of being a GP, impacting on our wellbeing, the care we can deliver and the health of our patients.