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- Peter Grant Morton.
- Eyre Peninsula Division of General Practice, and Lecturer, Department of Rural Health, Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development Project, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
- Aust Fam Physician. 2002 Nov 1; 31 (11): 1031-3.
BackgroundThe role of divisions of general practice has changed significantly since its inception. Divisions have evolved from simply assisting general practitioners in their practices and providing complementary support to existing health services through project work, to becoming major instruments of organisational change.ObjectiveThis article looks at the short history of divisions of general practice and explores options for the future that may help build a better interface between practical medicine and the growing bureaucratic, organisational and managerial demands being placed upon divisions.DiscussionIn the process of the change in the role of divisions we have experienced a paradigm clash between the essential work of GPs as effective medical practitioners, and their role in divisions as managers and leaders of the wider health care system change.
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