At the fi rst Nordic Congress of General Practice in

fi rst professor of general practice in Norway, stated in his key note lecture: Research is important for recruitment and status of our specialist discipline. Through research we raise our critical sense. I believe that general practitioners who organise their curiosity through little or more resear...

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Summary:fi rst professor of general practice in Norway, stated in his key note lecture: Research is important for recruitment and status of our specialist discipline. Through research we raise our critical sense. I believe that general practitioners who organise their curiosity through little or more research will be better doctors in many respects. We think the subsequent 15 congresses, arranged in the fi ve Nordic countries and again in Copenhagen in 2009 [1], have been a manifestation of Borchgre-vink ’ s words. When we issue invitations to the 17th Nordic congress in Troms ø in June 2011 – for the fi rst time north of the Arctic Circle – we feel proud to belong to this tradition and to be responsible for