- Title
- Clinical encounters of Australian general practice registrars with paediatric patients
- Creator
- Hiscock, Harriet; Freed, Gary; Magin, Parker; Morgan, Simon; Tapley, Amanda; Holliday, Elizabeth; Davey, Andrew; Ball, Jean; Van Driel, Mieke; Spike, Neil; McArthur, Lawrie
- Relation
- Funding BodyNHMRCGrant Number1068947 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1068947
- Relation
- Education for Primary Care Vol. 28, Issue 2, p. 75-80
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2016.1266697
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Background: Whether general practitioner (GP) registrars have adequate exposure to, and feel confident in, managing children's health during training is unknown. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and associations of GP registrars' paediatric vs. non-paediatric consultations. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis from a cohort study of Australian GP registrars' 2010-2014 consultations. Results: 889 registrars contributed details for 26,427 (21.8% (95% CI: 21.4-22.2) paediatric consultations. Paediatric patients were more likely to be male and new to the practice. Although paediatric patients were less likely to have a chronic disease (OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.36, 0.40) and presented with fewer problems (OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.57, 0.61), registrars were more likely to seek in-consultation advice (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.19, 1.31) and generate learning goals (OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.07, 1.18) for paediatric consultations. Discussion: GP registrars appear to feel less confident in managing paediatric compared with adult consultations, suggesting an unmet training need.
- Subject
- general practice; child health; referral; consultation; health services; general practice education
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1357561
- Identifier
- uon:31936
- Identifier
- ISSN:1473-9879
- Language
- eng
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