Experiences of female general practice registrars: are rural attachments encouraging them to stay?

Objective: To establish whether a six-month rural attachment influenced female GP registrars' future plans to work in a rural area. Secondary aims include establishing the adequacy of postgraduate training in preparing the registrars for the attachment, opinions regarding rural practice and suggestions to improve the attachment.

Design: A six-page questionnaire was sent to eligible participants via state branches of General Practice Education Australia.

Notifications of imported malaria in Western Australia, 1990-2001: incidence, associated factors and chemoprophylaxis.

Objective: To assess changes in and factors associated with recent malaria notifications in Western Australia (WA).

Design: Retrospective analysis of the WA Notifiable Infectious Diseases Database and enhanced surveillance questionnaires completed by attending medical practitioners.

Patients: Cases of malaria notified between January 1990 and December 2001.