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Problems of Postgraduate Medical Education
Author(s) -
Goulston Kerry
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1973.tb03087.x
Subject(s) - attendance , medicine , medical education , questionnaire , family medicine , social science , sociology , economics , economic growth
Summary: Despite the many available sources of postgraduate medical education, there is little Australian research into more efficient utilisation. A questionnaire survey of 42 general practitioners and 54 specialists in the ACT was carried out. Aspects surveyed included time ideally devoted to postgraduate education, responsibility, sources and motivation. The impact of voluntary self‐assessment, mandatory attendance, and periodic recertification is discussed, and it is concluded that a reorganisation of the health care system and implementation of problem‐orientated records may be necessary to solve the problems of post‐graduate medical education satisfactorily.