Affiliation:
1. The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD
2. The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW
3. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Melbourne VIC
Abstract
AbstractObjectivesTo investigate the views of the general practice training sector about responding to recruitment challenges, with the aim of identifying effective initiatives and other solutions.Study designQualitative study; focus group discussion of recommendations from a medical educator workshop.Setting, participantsAn initial online appreciative enquiry workshop for medical educators followed by focus group discussions by a broader selection of people involved in general practitioner training (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners fellows, supervisors, practice managers, medical educators, registrars).Main outcome measuresKey overarching themes and major recommendations for increasing recruitment derived from focus group responses to workshop recommendations, based on qualitative descriptive analysis.ResultsThe 26 medical educators at the workshop made four major recommendations: increase the number of student and junior doctor clinical placements in general practice; increase exposure of students and junior doctors to general practitioner teachers and educators; improve general practitioner trainee pay and entitlements; and improve the integration of general practice and hospital patient care and professional relationships. Thirty‐four semi‐structured focus group participants broadly supported the recommendations, provided that supervisors and training practices were adequately compensated for the effects on workloads, income, and patient care. Two overarching themes infused participant responses: “rescuing the profession we love” (reflecting participants’ passion for general practice and their sense of threat), and “no idea what general practitioners do” (perceptions of being misunderstood and misrepresented by hospital‐based practitioners).ConclusionsClinicians, educators, and policy makers should work together to increase the number of high quality, adequately supported student and junior doctor placements in general practice, improve intra‐professional relationships, and trial new models of general practitioner trainee payment and conditions.
Funder
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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