So farewell then, spring meeting

[摘要] The first College Spring Meeting I attended was in 1980, when I was a confident, even cocky trainee (as we were still allowed to call ourselves in those days). We travelled to the shores of Lake Windermere, the weather was glorious spring sunshine, and we had a wonderful time. John Horder was then president, and Alastair Donald was Chairman of Council. As far as I can recall, it was a well attended meeting, although such things didn't matter to me then. One of the highlights was a very moving talk one evening by Chris Bonnington about his love of the mountains and the many friends he had lost striving for new conquests. Donald Court, one of a remarkable group of paediatricians who had worked together in Newcastle, had published a report on childcare in primary care, essentially recommending that all paediatric problems should be handled by specialist primary care paediatricians. He was invited to present his ideas to the meeting and was greeted with a predictably hostile reception. Plus ça change. But I have a lasting memory of a talk given by Graham Buckley on care of the elderly, from which I took the message that we should be careful not to think of everyone over the age of 70 years as the stereotypically old.

[学科分类] 卫生学