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In‐practice and distance consultant on‐call general practitioner supervisors for Australian general practice?
Author(s) -
Wearne Susan M
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03288.x
Subject(s) - general practice , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , medical education , nursing , medicine , psychology , family medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
Increasing numbers of medical students and junior doctors learn and work in general practice. Increased supervisory responsibilities for general practitioners threaten the quality of care provided to patients and the income thus derived. Incremental changes to infrastructure and funding are welcome, but insufficient. Alternative models must be funded, trialled and evaluated. One such model, involving consultant on‐call GP supervisors, is proposed.