Trims found this in his ecologically sound filing system!
This was our submission to mailbase
GP-UK
GP-UK was founded in 1994 (Purves et al 1995) and now has over 650 members.
It offers a forum for a wide range of discussions including current
treatment debates (e.g. the recent MMR 'scare'), rigorous examination of
government policy initiatives, and issues of practical concern such as
practice organisation and computing. Although based on UK general practice
there are members from over 30 countries worldwide. (Purves et al 1997)
Membership includes academics, educational tutors, ordinary general
practitioners, practice nurses, medical journalists, pharmacists, GP
computer suppliers and NHS managers. It is a 'neutral' and 'value-free'
meeting place.
Discussions on the list have led to the founding of organisations (e.g. the
British Healthcare Internet Association) and the establishment of e-mail
lists and research projects (Fox et al 1998). It is an example of how the
worlds of the academia, business and government can meet.
It has also been the subject of research into Internet learning environments
and has been found to be a success in this respect (Roberts 1998 et al).
GP-UK is the most active family practitioner list in the world. List traffic
often exceeds 1000 messages per month (see the Mailbase Archives
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-f-j/gp-uk/) and messages to the list are
regularly quoted by the academic journals and general practice magazines.
For more information check out the GP-UK homepage
http://www.schin.ncl.ac.uk/gpuk/gpuk_home.htm
References:
Purves I, Bainbridge MA, Trimble IMG. Ongoing electronic conference is
available for general practitioners. BMJ 1995; 311: 512-3.
Purves I, Bainbridge MA, Trimble IMG. Running a medical mailing list. In
Medicine and the Internet (second edition). Bruce McKenzie. Oxford
University Press 1997.
Roberts C. Fox N. General Practitioners and the Internet: modelling a
'virtual' learning community. Family Practice (in press).
Fox NJ, Dolman EA, Lane P, O'Rourke AJ, Roberts C. The WISDOM project:
training primary care professionals in informatics in a collaborative
'virtual classroom' Medical Education (in press).
Rob
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