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The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

|June 1, 1977

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Older general practitioner trainers do not show decreased recall of clinical facts. A study of 71 trainers found no link between age and performance on a clinical knowledge test.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Continuing Professional Development

Background:

General practitioner trainers play a crucial role in medical education.
Ensuring trainers maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge is vital for effective training.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between the experience of general practitioner trainers and their recall of clinical facts.
To determine if trainer age correlates with diminished clinical knowledge.

Main Methods:

Seventy-one general practitioner trainers completed a 100-question multiple-choice test assessing clinical knowledge.
Data on the number of years since each trainer qualified were collected.
Statistical analysis was performed to correlate test scores with years of experience.

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Main Results:

No statistically significant evidence was found to suggest that older trainers performed worse on the clinical knowledge test.
The number of years since qualification did not correlate with poorer recall of clinical facts.

Conclusions:

The findings suggest that general practitioner trainers maintain their clinical knowledge recall regardless of their years of experience.
This study supports the continued effectiveness of experienced trainers in general practice education.