General Practice

General Practice is a small but growing body of dedicated clinical academics, primary care researchers and support staff.  It has a growing role in the Faculty as medical education becomes increasingly community-based and focused.

Academic general practice at The University of Western Australia began in 1977 when the Faculty of Medicine established a new department and Chair of General Practice, the first-named Chair of General Practice in Australia.  General Practice is now firmly established within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and plays a key role in community-based education and research.  In 2004 Professor Jon Emery moved from the University of Cambridge to take up the Chair of General Practice at UWA.  Under his leadership there have been significant developments in research and teaching in General Practice. 

General Practice is a key unit within the School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care (SPARHC).  The School comprises the disciplines of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia, the Combined Universities Centre for Rural and Remote Health, the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health and the Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health.