As Clare Gerada's stint as RCGP chair comes to a close, she gives BMJ news reporter Gareth Iacobucci a typically honest exit interview.

And David Loxterkamp, a primary care physician in Belfast, Maine, tells us why he thinks metrics are obscuring humanism in medical care.

See also:Clare Gerada: “It’s like the wild west in healthcare” http://goo.gl/SiWZ5yHumanism in the time of metrics—an essay by David Loxterkamp http://goo.gl/FRD0xC