Australian Journal of General Practice
Formerly Australian Family Physician (AFP)
BSc (Hons), PhD, MSc (Stats), Associate Professor of Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW
Acne is seen by registrars at a rate similar to that of their established general practitioner colleagues, but with modest continuity of care in its management.
Gender difference exists in general practice trainees’ frequency of performing procedures related to women’s reproductive health.
General practice registrars use a dermatoscope in a modest majority of skin checks and pigmented skin lesion consultations, which influences registrars’ diagnoses and increases their confidence.
Modest proportions of general practice registrars have training in, and in-practice experience of, long-acting reversible contraception insertion.