Indeed, most are prepared in generalist discipline-specific programmes with little formal public health education [ 9] adding more complexity to PHHR planning [ 11].
Although there is increased focus and visible improvement in selected programmes, the generalist curative services are less than satisfactory.
This programme is broad-based and generalist.
An employer says... Tara Dutton, graduate recruitment coordinator, Nationwide Building Society We have a two-year graduate programme (www.nationwide.co.uk/graduate), split between specialist and generalist roles.
38 The end of life care programme in England focused on supporting generalist models of care such as the gold standards framework and the Liverpool care pathway.
Policy makers believed that the 6-year programme would move pharmacy competencies from generalist to specialist, resolve the curriculum overload and provide a national standard within the pharmacy profession in Thailand [ 11].
Most interviewees thought that the transition to the 6-year programme would improve pharmacy competencies from generalists to advance general pharmacists or specialists.
The key technical staff for the programmes included one medical curriculum expert, two obstetricians, one paediatrician, two generalist doctors and one senior AMO - all with vast experience in maternal and perinatal care.
Firstly the associate programme manager is expected to operate as a generalist rather than a specialist.
This is a multidimensional quality improvement programme developed to optimise end of life care in generalist settings as part of the UK End of Life Care Strategy [ 14].
