TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Foreword A1 - Murtagh, John A1 - Rosenblatt, Jill A1 - Coleman, Justin A1 - Murtagh, Clare PY - 2018 T2 - Murtagh's General Practice, 7e AB - In 1960 a young schoolmaster, then teaching biology and chemistry in a secondary school in rural Victoria, decided to become a country doctor. He was part of the first intake of students into the Medical School of the newly established Monash University, and at the end of his six-year undergraduate medical course and subsequent intern and resident appointments his resolve to practise community medicine remained firm. After more than a decade in country practice with his life partner, Dr Jill Rosenblatt, during which he meticulously documented the cases he treated, in 1977 John Murtagh took up an academic position in the new Department of General Practice at Monash University. He subsequently moved through the ranks of Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor, now enjoying the title of Emeritus Professor. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd CY - Sydney, Australia Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - murtagh.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157729579 ER -