A comparison of patient appraisal of professional skills for GPs in training participating in differing education programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical boards and healthcare providers internationally are coming under increasing pressure to attract international medical graduates (IMGs) and overseas trained doctors (OTDs) to cope with predicted general practice (GP) doctor shortages. Various pathways to registration are made available for this purpose. There is very little understanding of the effects of different training pathways to licensing and registration on the ability of IMGs and OTDs, as well as locally trained doctors, to acquire the desirable professional skills deemed necessary for working effectively in the primary care sector.

Methods

Feedback from patients was collected at the end of their scheduled consultation with their doctor using a questionnaire consisting of 13 Likert scale items that

SUBMITTER: Narayanan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462893 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature