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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Health Workforce Planning
  • General Practice Training

Background:

  • UK faces a shortage of qualified General Practitioners (GPs), with unfilled training posts annually.
  • Current selection methods may not optimize the fill rate for GP training positions.
  • Improving GP trainee selection could enhance the number of new entrants to the GP Register.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model the impact of altered GP trainee selection processes on GP registration numbers.
  • To assess the effect of different selection strategies on training post fill rates.
  • To evaluate the influence of selection criteria on achieving GP Registration.

Main Methods:

  • A UK cohort study analyzing GP training applications from 2011-2014.
  • Linking application data with training outcomes using GMC numbers; employing multiple imputation for missing data.
  • Estimating trainee appointments and GP Registrations within 3 and 5 years for four distinct selection scenarios.

Main Results:

  • The 2015 selection process, with its cut scores, prevents filling all available training posts.
  • Random selection is the least effective method, though its disadvantage lessens as more trainees are selected.
  • Higher selection scores strongly correlate with a greater likelihood of obtaining GP Registration.

Conclusions:

  • Altering the selection process alone has a minor effect on GP registration numbers; removing cut scores yields a substantial increase.
  • Reducing or eliminating selection cut scores would significantly increase GP Registrations.
  • This change would likely lead to more trainees needing extensions and potentially leaving training, with negative professional consequences.