General Practice Research Database — The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) is a large database of anonymised medical records from GP practices around the UK. The database is considered by many to be the gold standard of longitudinal anonymised patient databases from primary… … Wikipedia
General Practice Residency — A General Practice Residency (GPR) is a one or two year hospital based postgraduate training program for dentists seeking additional education in all aspects of general dentistry or improving his dental/surgical skill level prior to entering… … Wikipedia
General Practice Vocational Training Scheme — The General Practice Vocational Training Scheme (GPVTS) is the route to training of UK General Practitioners on completion of the Foundation Year Programme. These training schemes have become enormously popular over the last few years and places… … Wikipedia
general practice. — See family practice. [1815 25] * * * … Universalium
general practice — noun The conduct of a profession, especially medicine or law, as a general practitioner, without a specialty … Wiktionary
General practitioner — A general practitioner, or GP is a medical practitioner who provides primary care and specializes in family medicine. A general practitioner treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and… … Wikipedia
General medical examination — In medicine, the (annual) general medical examination is a common form of preventive medicine involving visits to a general practitioner by asymptomatic adults on a regular basis. This is generally yearly or less frequently. It is known under… … Wikipedia
practice — practicer, n. /prak tis/, n., v., practiced, practicing. n. 1. habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice. 2. habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair. 3. repeated performance or systematic exercise… … Universalium
general — generalness, n. /jen euhr euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees. 2. of, pertaining to, or true of such persons or things in the main, with possible… … Universalium
General Councils — General Councils † Catholic Encyclopedia ► General Councils This subject will be treated under the following heads: ♦ Definition ♦ Classification ♦ Historical Sketch ♦ The Pope and General Councils ♦ Composition of … Catholic encyclopedia
General medical services — is the name used in the United Kingdom to describe the medical services provided by General Practitioners (GPs or family doctors) who, in effect, run private businesses independently contracting with the government. The contract under which they… … Wikipedia
