Overseas/International

Ugandan Faculty disbanded.

"Owing to the initiative of Dr E R Gibbons, the sole remaining member of the Uganda faculty still practising there, the funds of the faculty were invested in a lion skin which was brought back personally by his daughters for presentation to the College. This now adorns a wale in 14 Princes Gate as a lasting memorial to the Uganda Faculty".

Course for "General Practitioners Trained outside of Great Britain"  organised by Eric Gambrill and C J Leonard.

Visiting Medical Students from Other Countries Working PartyAt the 1978 AGM Midland faculty resolution "urged the College to take the initiative in setting up a joint meeting with representatives of the BMA, DHSS, British Council, AUDGP, to consider setting up a clearing house to facilitate overseas medical students seeing British General Practice and British Medical Students seeking General Practice in other Countries. With the exception of the AUDGP the bodies were unenthusiastic, in spite of this the College set up a working party.

Dr Diane Jelley appointed RCGP/Portuguese Fellow

Formation of Overseas faculty of the College.

Dr Edwin Martin appointed RCGP/Maltese Fellow to assist fledgling Maltese College on educational activities.

Dr Peter Toon appointed RCGP/Glaxo St Petersburg Fellow in Primary Care.

Appointment of Tony Lewis as RCGP/Turkey Fellow.

Publication of VSO/RCGP leaflet "Doctors for Development".

Agreement to waive membership fees for doctors doing VSO.

Visit to Kiev to discuss redevelopment of Primary Care Services in the Ukraine

Re-launch of RCGP/Kuwait Family Practice Development Programme

Founding of John J Ferguson International Travel Scholarship

IDP Feasibility Report for an "International Family Medicine Development Programme" completed by International Committee.

RCGP/WHO/WONCA Conference on Physician Funding Systems in Primary Care - Held at St John's College Cambridge. Proceedings edited by Scott Brown published 1999.

RCGP Bangladesh Project- the aim to improve primary care services through the Dhaka Community Hospital Trust in Bangladesh, which will also benefit the Bangladeshi population in Tower Hamlets.

RCGP Lebanon Project - two year medical trainers' training project with Medical Aid for Palestinians [MAP]

Family Medicine Residency Training Scheme in Pakistan was accredited, after a visit by Drs Iona Heath and Steve Bell, for sitting the MRCGP with provisos concerning the relevance and nature of the College's examination for Pakistani candidates.

International Department established

Royal Colleges' International Forum established a result of conference of Royal Colleges on International Activities held on 13th March 1998. The group was initially chaired by Philip Evans [chairman of the RCGP International Committee], clerked at the RCGP and funded by the  British Trade and Industry Health Sector Group. [BFI]. Forum booklet published 2001.

Garth Manning appointed Medical Director of International Family Medicine Development Programme (IDP)

West Bank project - RCGP/Medical Aid for Palestinians [MAP] begin two year training project in family medicine in Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jenin.

Oman project started with Drs Moya Kelly and Cameron Lockie working with Sultan Quaboos University

RCGP Nepal Project- Rod MacRorie appointed to International Nepal Fellowship. Visit by Dr Philip Evans to assess the GP training at the Institute of General Practice, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

Kazakhstan project to establish College for GP's. This followed a visit of Health professionals and VIP's from Kazakhstan to the Cardiff [where the South East Wales Faculty hosted them] in August 1997

College provides two experts Prof Ri Hornung and Dr Trevor Silver to assess and accredit GP training programmes being run in Kosovo by the WHO.

MRCGP [INT] launched - an international assessment to accredit locally developed assessment throughout the world - pilot projects in Brunei, Kuwait, Egypt and Oman.

Visit from delegation of Health Directors from the Zhejiang Province of China. The visit formed part of the College’s Memorandum of Understanding signed between the RCGP and the Zhejiang Health Bureau, China, in 2005

4^th MRCGP [INT] Development Conference included delegates from 16 countries