PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M F Nicol AU - C A McLauchlan TI - General practice: a secondment from emergency medicine--so what! AID - 10.1136/emj.15.4.218 DP - 1998 Jul 01 TA - Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine PG - 218--219 VI - 15 IP - 4 4099 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/15/4/218.short 4100 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/15/4/218.full SO - Arch Emerg Med1998 Jul 01; 15 AB - The Joint Committee for Higher Medical Training has issued a core curriculum for training in accident and emergency medicine. This article highlights some of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes one may usefully gain from a period of 6-12 months in general practice and how this can be integrated and adapted to a career in emergency medicine.