Utility of learning plans in general practice vocational training: a mixed-methods national study of registrar, supervisor, and educator perspectives.

Background: Learning plans are a compulsory component of the training and assessment requirements of general practice (GP) registrars in Australia. There is a small but growing number of studies reporting that learning plans are not well accepted or utilised in general practice training. There is a lack of research examining this apparent contradiction.

Supporting near-peer teaching in general practice: a national survey.

Background: Training bodies see teaching by junior doctors and vocational trainees in general practice (family medicine) as integral to a doctor's role. While there is a body of literature on teacher training programs, and on peer and near-peer teaching in hospitals and universities, there has been little examination of near-peer teaching in general practice. Near-peer teaching is teaching to those close to oneself but not at the same level in the training continuum.

Stakeholders' views of shared learning models in general practice: a national survey.

Background: The number of learners requiring general practice placements creates supervisory capacity constraints. This research examined how a shared learning model may affect training capacity.

Methods: The number of learners requiring general practice placements creates supervisory capacity constraints.

'Learners as teachers' in general practice: stakeholders' views of the benefits and issues.

Objectives: To explore stakeholders' perceptions of learners teaching (near-peer teaching) in general practice in order to inform training policy.

Design: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 general practice stakeholders. Interviews continued until data saturation was reached.

Vertically integrated shared learning models in general practice: a qualitative study.

Background: The numbers of learners seeking placements in general practice is rapidly increasing as an ageing workforce impacts on General Practitioner availability. The traditional master apprentice model that involves one-to-one teaching is therefore leading to supervision capacity constraints. Vertically integrated (VI) models may provide a solution.

Shared learning in general practice--facilitators and barriers.

Background: Capacity for teaching in general practice clinics is limited. Shared learning sessions are one form of vertically integrated teaching that may ameliorate capacity constraints.

Methods: This study sought to understand the perceptions of general practitioner supervisors, learners and practice staff of the facilitators of shared learning in general practice clinics.

Otitis media in young Aboriginal children from remote communities in Northern and Central Australia: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Middle ear disease (otitis media) is common and frequently severe in Australian Aboriginal children. There have not been any recent large-scale surveys using clear definitions and a standardised middle ear assessment. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of middle ear disease (otitis media) in a high-risk population of young Aboriginal children from remote communities in Northern and Central Australia.