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Health Care Reform: Can We Maintain Personal Continuity?, Andrew D. Bonney, Elizabeth Farmer Nov 2011

Health Care Reform: Can We Maintain Personal Continuity?, Andrew D. Bonney, Elizabeth Farmer

Elizabeth Farmer

Healthcare reform is high on the political agenda, and among the critical issues that have generated significant discussion are proposals for new models of general practice organisation.


Are Patients Willing Participants In The New Wave Of Community-Based Medical Education In Regional And Rural Australia?, Judith N. Hudson, Kathryn M. Weston, Russell W. Pearson, Rowena G. Ivers, Elizabeth Farmer Aug 2011

Are Patients Willing Participants In The New Wave Of Community-Based Medical Education In Regional And Rural Australia?, Judith N. Hudson, Kathryn M. Weston, Russell W. Pearson, Rowena G. Ivers, Elizabeth Farmer

Elizabeth Farmer

Community-based medical education is escalating to meet the increased demand for quality clinical education in expanded settings and patient participation is vital to the sustainability of this endeavour. This study aimed to investigate patients’ views on being used as an educational resource in medical student teaching, and whether they are being under- or over-used.


Will The Nhhrc Recommendations Drive Quality Performance?, Andrew D. Bonney, Elizabeth Farmer Aug 2011

Will The Nhhrc Recommendations Drive Quality Performance?, Andrew D. Bonney, Elizabeth Farmer

Elizabeth Farmer

General practice is the heart of the Australian health care system,1 addressing the health needs of people, in their communities and in diverse locations and contexts across Australia. With over 100 million items of service claimed by general practitioners each year,2,3 even small but incremental improvements in quality have the potential to translate into population level gains in the outcomes and safety of general practice care. In recent years, Australian general practice has undertaken significant work in quality improvement, with practice accreditation to The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners standards and the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program being examples. …


Building Research Capacity: An Exploratory Model Of Gps’ Training Needs And Barriers To Research Involvement, Alison Jones, Teresa A. Burgess, Elizabeth Farmer, Jeffrey Fuller, Nigel P. Stocks, Judy E. Taylor, Raechel L. Waters Aug 2011

Building Research Capacity: An Exploratory Model Of Gps’ Training Needs And Barriers To Research Involvement, Alison Jones, Teresa A. Burgess, Elizabeth Farmer, Jeffrey Fuller, Nigel P. Stocks, Judy E. Taylor, Raechel L. Waters

Elizabeth Farmer

Aims: To determine general practitioners’ research training needs, and the barriers to involvement in research. Method: Semi-structured interviews with 11 GPs in rural and metropolitan South Australia, analysed using a grounded theory approach. Results: General practitioners’ perceptions about their research needs were limited by their own experience and focussed at an individual level. Overlapping needs and barriers emerged, categorised as: ‘individual issues’ (a lack of research training or experience, concepts and attitudes to research, and research interest) and ‘systems issues’ (funding arrangements for general practice, access to resources, opportunity for publication and the role of The Royal Australian College of …


Does A Short-Term Interprofessional Clinical Placement Early In A Graduate-Entry Medical Course Affect Students' Readiness For Interprofessional Learning?, Judith N. Hudson, John A. Bushnell, Elizabeth A. Farmer Aug 2011

Does A Short-Term Interprofessional Clinical Placement Early In A Graduate-Entry Medical Course Affect Students' Readiness For Interprofessional Learning?, Judith N. Hudson, John A. Bushnell, Elizabeth A. Farmer

Elizabeth Farmer

Abstract of a presentation at the Third International Clinical Skills Conference, 1-4 July 2009, Prato, Italy.