Phil Simmons, MB BS MRCGP DipMedEd, is General Practice Training Adviser, USAID/ Zdrav Plus Project. Professor Zukhra Mirzoeva, DM, is Head of Department of Family Medicine, Postgraduate Institute and Head of Family Doctor Association, Republic of Tajikistan. Dr Nailya Berisheva, MD, is Medical Education Researcher and Translator, USAID/Zdrav Plus Project.
Correspondence to: Dr Philip Simmons, 7 The Ferns, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8JE, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1666 502650 or USAID/Zdrav Plus Office, 10 Chapaeva Str, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Tel: +992 3722786 95; email: [email protected]