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Cancer knowledge and perception of skills of general practice registrars in Australia
Michael B Barton1, Gabriel S Gabriel, David Sutherland
1Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Liverpool Health Service, Sydney, NSW. Michael.Barton@swsahs.nsw.gov.au
Background:
The objective was to assess cancer knowledge and perception of skills of general practice (GP) registrars in Australia. This will help design future educational resources.
Methods:
We surveyed GP registrars in different Australian states.
Results:
Of the registrars, 86% rated highly their ability in performing cervical smears. Registrars reported examining more patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, or melanoma than rectal cancer, cancer of mouth/tongue, or lymphoma. More registrars rated the quality of their training as reasonable or better in assisting patients to stop smoking or modify alcohol intake than in cancer-related tasks. One third rated their teaching on management of curable/incurable cancer and care of the dying as poor and/or very poor, and over half had never examined prostate or rectal cancers.
Conclusions:
GP registrars generally have good knowledge of cancer. Their exposure to cases of cancer is low, and it is of concern that many have never examined common tumors in our community.
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