Journal article
The Pattern of Opioid Management by Australian General Practice Trainees
S Holliday, S Morgan, A Tapley, A Dunlop, K Henderson, M van Driel, N Spike, L Mcarthur, J Ball, C Oldmeadow, P Magin
Pain Medicine United States | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12820
Abstract
Objective: With escalating opioid prescribing come individual and public health harms. To inform quality improvement measures, understanding of opioid prescribing is essential. We aimed to establish consultation-level prevalence and associations of opioid prescribing. Design: A cross-sectional secondary analysis from a longitudinal multisite cohort study of general practitioner (GP) vocational trainees: "Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training." Setting: Four of Australia's seventeen GP Regional Training Providers, during 2010-13. Subjects: GP trainees. Methods: Practice and trainee demographic data were collected as well as patient, clinical and educational data of 60 consecutive consulta..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by a competitive grant from the Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol Office of the NSW Ministry of Health. The project is also 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.