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John Fraser1, Christian Alexander, Karin Fisher
1New England Area Rural Training Unit, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. jdfraser@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Objective:
To assess hepatitis C continuing medical education (CME) needs of GPs working in rural northern New South Wales (NSW).
Methods:
Anonymous reply paid postal questionnaires sent to all 634 GPs working in northern NSW in August 2000 with a follow-up in September 2000. Data were analysed using descriptive and chi(2)statistics for association.
Results:
Two hundred and ninety-two GPs replied (response rate 46.1%). Sixty-three per cent of respondents were aware of hepatitis C management protocols. Hepatitis C information was most accessed by reading written material (93%), attending seminars (63%) and using the protocol (57%). Rural GPs need to balance hepatitis C education with other competing topics. We found restricted access to CME in rural areas with GPs requesting a greater range of delivery modes.
Conclusions:
GPs have an increasing role in hepatitis C management. Hepatitis C CME must be balanced against GPs' patient load, interest and competing learning needs.
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