PMID: 8457358Jan 1, 1993Paper

Postgraduate education allowance: educational attainment of subscribers and non-subscribers to a centrally organized educational scheme

The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
T S MurrayL M Campbell

Abstract

The educational attainment of general practitioners in the west of Scotland region who subscribed to a centrally organized educational scheme for the postgraduate education allowance was compared with that of their colleagues who did not subscribe to the scheme. During the year studied (1990-91) 1712 of the 1830 principals in general practice in the region had sufficient sessions to claim their postgraduate education allowance. Of these 1712 doctors the 1353 who subscribed to the educational scheme attended a mean of 15.7 educational half day sessions during the study year in comparison with a mean of 12.5 half days attended by the 359 doctors who did not subscribe to the scheme. This difference was observed in all three categories of education--disease management, service management and health promotion--and was greatest in health promotion where subscribers attended a mean of 4.7 half days and non-subscribers 3.1. The doctors who were members of the scheme had achieved a better balance of education. A higher number had attended an educational day in each of the three categories, with the increase being 10.5% for subscribers versus non-subscribers for disease management, 20.0% for service management and 39.1% for health promot...Continue Reading

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