GP interest in teaching junior doctors - Does practice location, size and infrastructure matter?
BACKGROUND
With the influx of Australian medical graduates into the workforce, new clinical prevocational training rotations within general practice need to be developed. This study describes the relationship between general practitioner teachers' interest in hosting junior doctor rotations, and general practice characteristics including rural location, size and infrastructure.


METHODS
All GP teachers of registrars and medical students in the Australian Capital Territory and southeast New South Wales were sent a survey. The features of rural location, size and infrastructure of these teachers' general practices were analysed to determine their influence on teacher interest in hosting junior doctor rotations.


RESULTS
Factors such as rural location and infrastructure did not influence willingness to host junior doctors significantly. However, those in medium sized practices were less interested than small or large practices.


CONCLUSIONS
Rural location and teaching room infrastructure of practices need not be determinants in junior doctor teaching practice recruitment, while medium practice size is a significant determinant of lack of teacher interest in hosting junior doctors. This requires further investigation.
Thomson
Jennifer
J
Australian National University, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australian. jennifer.thomson@anu.edu.au
Allan
Belinda
B
Anderson
Katrina
K
Kljakovic
Marjan
M
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010820:Physicians; D011365:Professional Practice Location; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013663:Teaching