Exploring attributes of high-quality clinical supervision in general practice through interviews with peer-recognised GP supervisors

Background: Clinical supervision in general practice is critical for enabling registrars (GP trainees) to provide safe medical care, develop skills and enjoy primary care careers. However, this largely depends on the quality of supervision provided. There has been limited research describing what encompasses quality within GP clinical supervision, making it difficult to promote best practice. This study aimed to explore the attributes of high-quality clinical supervision for GP registrars

A national survey of COVID-19 challenges, responses and effects in Australian general practice

Characterising the general practice response to the COVID-19 pandemic is important for ongoing policy planning. The objective of this study was to explore challenges, responses and effects of COVID-19 in Australian general practice in the early stages of the pandemic, and to consider variance by geographic location

A framework to guide the implementation of best practice clinical learning environments in community general practice: Australia

Clinical education/training is increasingly being expanded to community general practice settings (primary care clinics led by doctors). This plays an important role in developing a skilled “primary-care ready” workforce. However, there is limited information to guide the implementation of high-quality learning environments suitable for the range of general practices and clinical learners they oversee. We aimed to develop a consensus-based framework to address this. A co-design participatory action research method involved working with stakeholders to agree a project plan, collect and interpret data and endorse a final framework. As a starting point, an initial draft framework was adapted from an existing framework, the Best Practice Clinical Learning Environment (BPCLE) Framework. We gathered feedback about this from a national GP Supervisor Liaison Officer Network (SLON) (experienced GP clinical supervisors) during a 90-minute face-to-face focus group. They rated their agreement with the relevance of objectives and elements, advising on clear terminology and rationale for including/excluding various components. The resulting framework was refined and re-tested with the SLON and wider GP educational stakeholders until a final graphically designed version was endorsed. The resulting “GP Clinical Learning Environment” (GPCLE) Framework is applicable for planning and benchmarking best practice learning environments in general practice

Additional file 1: of Identification of cancer risk and associated behaviour: implications for social marketing campaigns for cancer prevention

2013 Cancer Prevention Survey instrument. 2013 Cancer Council NSW Cancer Prevention Survey instrument. Extract of survey questions from the 2013 Cancer Prevention Survey instrument. This survey was conducted by Cancer Council New South Wales. (PDF 413 kb