Great expectations? GPs' estimations of time required to deliver BMJ's '10 minute consultations'.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the time required to undertake consultations according to BMJ's 10-minute consultation articles.To quantify the tasks recommended in 10-minute consultation articles.To determine if, and to what extent, the time required and the number of tasks recommended have increased over the past 22 years.

Design

Analysis of estimations made by four general practitioners (GPs) of the time required to undertake tasks recommended in BMJ's 10-minute consultation articles.

Setting

Primary care in the UK.

Participants

Four doctors with a combined total of 79 years of experience in the UK National Health Service following qualification as GPs.

Main outcome measures

Median minimum estimated consultation length (the estimated time require

SUBMITTER: Bradley SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900324 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature