Bad GP placements may deter students
27th March 2012
By Sarah Colyer
Breathing Life into General Practice Conference 2012, Canberra, March 19.
Medical students are at risk of being permanently turned off a career in general practice unless supervisors are subject to greater scrutiny and support, leading medical educators warn.
Early experiences in general practice are seen as a way of inspiring medical students to pursue a career in the specialty. But General Practice Education and Training (GPET) chair Dr Simon Willcock told the conference: “The only thing worse than no experience in general practice is a bad experience