Cross-sectional exploration of the impact of the Dr Bawa-Garba case on doctors' professional behaviours and attitudes towards the regulator.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This paper examines the impact on doctors' attitudes towards the General Medical Council (GMC) and on professional behaviours (reflective practice and raising concerns) following the Dr Bawa-Garba case.

Design

A cross-sectional survey designed using the theoretical lens of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was administered from September 2017 to February 2019. By chance, this coincided with critical events in the Dr Bawa-Garba case.

Setting

Primary and secondary care settings across a broad geographical spread in England.

Participants

474 doctors.

Outcome measures

Attitudes towards the GMC and two professional behaviours in TPB dimensions.

Results

Attitudes towards the GMC became more negative during the period that the Medical Pract

SUBMITTER: Medisauskaite A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature