Imperial College London Primary Care

The Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London hosted visit today from a senior delegation from the Ministry of Health in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The aim of the visit was to brief the delegation about primary health care in the UK, including the education of medical students and the training of primary care physicians (general practitioners). We had a stimulating discussion about whether some aspects of primary care in the UK could be used in Kazakhstan. Among the speakers from the department wee Professor Azeem Majeed, Dr Sonia Kumar, Dr Sami Hasan, Dr Graham Easton and Professor Salman Rawaf. The delegation from Kazakhstan was accompanied by Professor Rory Shaw, the Medical Director of UK Trade and Investment.

Congratulations to all the winners of our 2014 Undergraduate Medical Student and GP Teacher prizes. STUDENT PRIZES Year 1 Essay Prize: David Kockerling Year 5 North West Thames Provost Prize Patient Project Prize: Joseph Barker Year 6 Adam Snape Audit Prize: Harriet Davidson and Frances Dixon Year 6 Grant Blair Portfolio Prize: T hulasi Naveenam and Sarah Morton GP TEACHER PRIZES Year 1: Dr Tanya Carthy Year 3: Dr Paul Reynolds Year 5: Dr Elizabeth Pearson and Dr Beena Gohil Year 6: Dr Reshma Rasheed and Dr David Lukey Best New Teacher: Dr Siobhan Steel COMMENTS ON STUDENTS Year 5 North West Thames Provost Prize "An incredibly thorough researched review of a patientwith complex medical problems by Joseph Barker. He identified practical, achievable areas of improvement to patient care that could be actioned, as well as a mature patient centred approach in his application of guidelines and consideration of both the patient and carer's needs. Upo