BACKGROUND Concordance and Shared Decision-Making (SDM) are considered measures of the quality of care that improves communication, promotes patient participation, creates a positive relationship with the healthcare professional, and results in greater adherence with the treatment plan. METHODS This study compares the attitudes of 225 mental health professionals (125 psychiatrists and 100 psy...

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...

Broome is a remote coastal town in Western Australia. As a general practitioner working in Broome, I have been involved in the education of general practice trainee registrars both locally and remotely, as a supervisor with two different training programs.

Reforms to postgraduate training in the U.K. may affect recruitment to geriatric medicine. In 2005, a questionnaire survey was undertaken to determine the factors favouring geriatric medicine as a career choice and whether these might be used to influence recruitment. In all, 1036 responses to the questionnaire were received (response rate 56.4%); 4% of the respondents decided to specialise in ...

OBJECTIVES To examine factors influencing promotion to hospital consultant. DESIGN Multivariate logistic regression analysis of NHS administrative data between 1991 and 2000. SETTING Hospitals in NHS Scotland. Population All registrars, senior registrars, and specialist registrars in Scotland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The proportion of doctors promoted to NHS consultant. RESULTS Compared wi...

ence may reflect a difference between elective or semi-elective postoperative admissions versus acute medical admissions. Perceived or actual experience in intensive care could be another factor; 48% of respiratory specialist registrars had experience of intensive care medicine at the SHO level compared with 100% of anaesthetic trainees, and all the anaesthetic trainees had experience at the re...