TY - JOUR
T1 - Arrangements that allow general practice trainees to provide longitudinal care for patients
AU - Barker, Randol
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was initiated while the author was the recipient of a Senior Lecturer Award from the United States-Spanish Fulbright Programme.
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Objectives: To delineate the arrangements that allow vocational trainees in general practice to provide longitudinal care for patients. Methods: A brief questionnaire was sent to representatives of all member-nations of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice (EURACT) in December 1995. Results: Representatives of 23 of the 26 membernations returned completed questionnaires. Thirteen reported that typical trainees spend 12 or more consecutive months partly or entirely in a longitudinalcare setting. In 16 countries, some patients recognise trainees as their longitudinal-care physicians. All 16 report arrangements to inform patients of their relationships with trainees and to assure that patients see their trainee-physicians at most encounters. Common barriers to allowing trainees to provide longitudinal care include short duration of trainee stay and resistance by either patients or trainees. Conclusions: In many vocational programmes of EURACT nations, GP trainees function as longitudinal-care physicians for some patients. These arrangements, and a number of associated curricula that are discussed, are critical to the preparation of trainees for careers as general practitioners.
AB - Objectives: To delineate the arrangements that allow vocational trainees in general practice to provide longitudinal care for patients. Methods: A brief questionnaire was sent to representatives of all member-nations of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice (EURACT) in December 1995. Results: Representatives of 23 of the 26 membernations returned completed questionnaires. Thirteen reported that typical trainees spend 12 or more consecutive months partly or entirely in a longitudinalcare setting. In 16 countries, some patients recognise trainees as their longitudinal-care physicians. All 16 report arrangements to inform patients of their relationships with trainees and to assure that patients see their trainee-physicians at most encounters. Common barriers to allowing trainees to provide longitudinal care include short duration of trainee stay and resistance by either patients or trainees. Conclusions: In many vocational programmes of EURACT nations, GP trainees function as longitudinal-care physicians for some patients. These arrangements, and a number of associated curricula that are discussed, are critical to the preparation of trainees for careers as general practitioners.
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U2 - 10.3109/13814789709160327
DO - 10.3109/13814789709160327
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052555160
VL - 3
SP - 69
EP - 72
JO - European Journal of General Practice
JF - European Journal of General Practice
SN - 1381-4788
IS - 2
ER -