Journal article
Family medicine trainees' clinical experience of chronic disease during training: A cross-sectional analysis from the registrars' clinical encounters in training study
P Magin, S Morgan, K Henderson, A Tapley, P McElduff, J Pearlman, S Goode, N Spike, C Laurence, J Scott, A Thomson, M Van Driel
BMC Medical Education | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2014
Abstract
Background: A broad case-mix in family physicians' (general practitioners', GPS') vocational trainee experience is deemed essential in producing competent independent practitioners. It is suggested that the patient-mix should include common and significant conditions and be similar to that of established GPS. But the content of contemporary GP trainees' clinical experience in training is not well-documented. In particular, how well trainees' experience reflects changing general practice demographics (with an increasing prevalence of chronic disease) is unknown. We aimed to establish levels of trainees' clinical exposure to chronic disease in training (and associations of this exposure) and t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
There was no External Funding for the project. The project was funded by the participating educational organisations: General Practice Training Valley to Coast, the Victorian Metropolitan Alliance, General Practice Training Tasmania, and Adelaide to Outback GP Training Program. These organisations are funded by General Practice Education and Training, an Australian Commonwealth Government initiative.