title: Clinical exposure of interns during a general practice placement.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  For more than a decade, junior doctors have undertaken general practice rotations; however, little is known about the breadth of medical conditions seen. This study aims to determine the breadth of clinical presentations encountered by interns during a rotation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected on all patients seen by interns at an RA-2 general practice during 2012-13. Each condition identified was compared with the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors (ACFJD) and coded according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD-10).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Interns saw an average of 482.2 (SD = 38) patients per rotation (10.7 patients per day), 150.3 (SD = 15.4) ICD-10 codes per rotation and 49.8 (SD = 4.9; 57.2%) of the listed clinical symptoms and conditions in the ACFJD.
authors.affiliation: MBBS, FRACGP, MPH (Hons), GradCertHlth, Medical Educator, Sturt Fleurieu Education and Training, Unley, SA.
authors.forename: Nyoli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: McCombe
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mugford
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010865:Pilot Projects