"May you live in interesting times"

Abstract

It is an honour for me to be invited to write this guest editorial on the field of family practice as the new president of the Malta College of Family Doctors, which was established audaciously and courageously some fourteen years ago, those involved having toiled to found this institution. Change can distress those who contributed towards the process of building and establishing the College. Regrettably, political rifts often detract from important issues. The main objective for the College will, of course, remain as it was in the past. Meanwhile the arrival of vocational training (VT) and the Specialist Accreditation Committee (SAC) sent shock waves amongst family doctors and maybe even caused undue anxiety for those already established in practice.