Journal article
Gender differences in Australian general practice trainees performing procedures related to women’s reproductive health: A cross-sectional analysis
F Aghajafari, A Tapley, ML van Driel, AR Davey, S Morgan, EG Holliday, J Ball, NF Catzikiris, KJ Mulquiney, NA Spike, PJ Magin
Australian Journal of General Practice | ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS | Published : 2018
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Gender differences may exist in the performance of women’s reproductive procedures. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and association of general practice registrars’ performance of women’s procedures with trainees’ gender, rurality of practice and in-consultation seeking of information or assistance. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study of registrars’ consultations in 2010–17. Registrars recorded 60 consecutive consultations during each six-month training term. The outcome was performance of a procedure related to women’s reproductve health. RESULTS: Of 24,333 procedures performed in 332,700 encounters, 15,634 were on ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
From 2010 to 2015, this work was supported by the participating educational organisations: General Practice Training Valley to Coast, the Victorian Metropolitan Alliance, General Practice Training Tasmania, Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program and Tropical Medicine Training, which were funded by the Australian Government. From 2016, this work has been supported by an Australian Department of Health commissioned research grant and supported by GP Synergy regional training organisation (which is funded by the Australian Department of Health).