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Family Practice Vol. 6, No. 2, 98-107
© Oxford University Press 1989

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Continuing Education: A Survey Among General Practitioners

J M FORREST*, M MCKENNA, I M STANLEY, N T BOADEN{dagger} and G T WOODCOCK{dagger}

Department of General Practice, University of Liverpool Liverpool, England
*Mersey Regional Health Authority Liverpool, England
{dagger}Department of Continuing Education, University of Liverpool Liverpool, England

Correspondence to Professor I M Stanley, Department of General Practice, University of Liverpool, New Medical School, Ashton Street, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, England

A survey of perceptions of continuing education—content, methods and current provision—was undertaken among all established general practitioners in one health region of the UK using a postal questionnaire. Interviews were conducted with a small random sample of respondents and with a larger sample of non-respondents to the questionnaire. Data from the questionnaire and interviews demonstrated overall a wide diversity of content and methods of continuing education perceived as appropriate, with duration of experience and involvement in undergraduate teaching or postgraduate training as significant determinants. The findings are used to review, critically, current provision of continuing education for general practice and to suggest ways in which future provision might reflect the range of educational need perceived by doctors.


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