Cultural competency training of GP Registrars-exploring the views of GP Supervisors

Cultural competency training of GP Registrars-exploring the views of GP Supervisors

INTRODUCTION An equitable multicultural society requires General Practitioners (GPs) to be proficient in providing health care to patients from diverse backgrounds. This requires a certain set of attitudes, knowledge and skills known as cultural competence. While training in cultural competence is an important part of the Australian GP Registrar training curriculum, it is unclear who provides t...

Exploring resilience in rural GP registrars – implications for training

BACKGROUND Resilience can be defined as the ability to rebound from adversity and overcome difficult circumstances. General Practice (GP) registrars face many challenges in transitioning into general practice, and additional stressors and pressures apply for those choosing a career in rural practice. At this time of international rural generalist medical workforce shortages, it is important to ...

Getting into Gp Training

This is the third edition of the very successful CCrISP course manual written by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons and anaesthetists. The first edition was published in 1999 and the book has been extensively updated for its third edition. However, the original aim of the course continues: that is to encourage trainees to have an understanding of the pathophysiology of critically ill patients...

Career intentions and preferences of GP registrars in Yorkshire.

With a shortage of GPs in England, there is a need to consider the career development for new GPs to ensure that they remain in post. This study examines, by means of a postal questionnaire survey, the views of GP registrars (GPRs) about their future careers in Yorkshire, England. The response rate was 59%. One hundred and eighteen (60%) responders were female, of whom 80 (39%) were planning to...

GP rural registrars' experiences of occupational violence: a qualitative study.