Research project - Who wants to do GP training?

We need YOU to help answer the question: ‘Who wants to do GP training?’

Australia-wide, Victorian universities have captured the smallest proportion of medical graduates for general practice training. Why is this so?

Changing values within our society may affect the uptake of general practice training but one could argue this impact would be Australia-wide. Other influences for choosing general practice might be the academic, cultural and social influence of medical schools, and exposure to general practice during hospital training.

GPET has commissioned a small research project, led by the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne, to examine why registrars do or do not choose general practice training. The study will include data collection from Australian medical schools to determine exposure to general practice in their curriculum for medical students, as well as also focus groups or interviews with general practice and non-general practice registrars about the reasons for their choice of specialty training.

We are very keen to hear your views, and would interview you at a time and place convenient to you.

Please feel free to contact A/Prof. Meredith Temple-Smith, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, for further information: m.temple-smith@unimelb.edu.au or +61 3 8344 3371. Alternatively, if you would like to register to participate in the research, please contact Rebecca Gracey: rgracey@unimelb.edu.au or +61 3 903 45107