A non-prescriptive, practical guide to prompt self-analysis and equip readers with the tools to remain flexible, positive and reflective in career development.

List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction to general practice. Career profile: Chris Kenyon. Reflective piece: 'Extraordinary ordinary people' Alex Thain. General practice specialty training. Reflective piece: 'Medical maternal' Anne Solomon. Reflective piece: 'Why general practice? Why me?' Ronald MacVicar. Salaried jobs and partnerships. Career profile: Clifton Marks. Reflective piece: 'Good enough' Rebecca Ship. Locum and out-of-hours work. Career profile: Sarah Donald. Reflective piece: Out-of-hours work Sophie Kuhn. GPs with a special interest. Career profile: David Whittington. Reflective piece: 'What do you use when you have sex?' Radhika Shah. Academic general practice. Career profile: Steve Iliffe. Reflective piece: 'Academic general practice' Surinder Singh. Professional development. Reflective piece: 'What Balint did for me' John Salinsky. Reflective piece: 'When it happens to us' Anna Denshuck. Teaching in general practice. Career profile: Ann Griffin. Reflective piece: 'Family education' Pauline Bryant. International primary care. Career profile: Zorayda E Leopando. Reflective piece: 'Médecins Sans Frontiers.' Index.