title: Adaptability - building an academic workforce with GPs.
abstract: The University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine (UWGSM) opened in 2007. This is one of a new wave of medical schools to enable the more than doubling of the number of medical students graduating in the period from 2006-2014. However, this rapid expansion has exposed a relative paucity of experienced medical academics and the regional medical schools especially have found difficulty immediately attracting a full complement of academic staff. These schools have therefore sought to recruit locally and train staff who vary widely in previous experience in teaching.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonney
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000592:standards; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching; D000078329:Workforce