SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY GENERAL PRACTITIONER.

Why and how do general practitioners teach? An exploration of the motivations and experiences of rural Australian general practitioner supervisors

BACKGROUND In medical education, a learner-centred approach is recommended. There is also a trend towards workplace-based learning outside of the hospital setting. In Australia, this has resulted in an increased need for General Practitioner (GP) supervisors who are receptive to using adult learning principles in their teaching. Little is known about what motivates Australian GP supervisors and...

Interpreters' experiences of general practitioner-patient encounters.

OBJECTIVE To study interpreters' experiences of problems in cross-cultural communication with special regard to the general practitioner (GP)-patient encounter. DESIGN A focus-group interview with authorized interpreters was carried out. A phenomenographic method was used in the analysis. SETTING Primary health care. RESULTS The interpreters displayed a number of problems mainly related t...

Acupuncture in Australian general practice: practitioner characteristics.

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the extent of the use of acupuncture and the characteristics of general practitioners using acupuncture. DESIGN Secondary analysis of 1996 Health Insurance Commission data on claims by all non-specialist medical practitioners for Medicare Benefits Schedule items for an attendance where acupuncture was performed by a medical practitioner. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Use of ...

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The experiences of general practitioner partners living with distress: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Doctors, including general practitioners, experience higher levels of mental illness than the general population. General practitioners who are partners in their practices may face heightened stress. In total, 10 general practitioner partners living with work-related distress were interviewed, and transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Three major themes arose...