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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2016

How can medical schools encourage students to choose general practice as a career?

Paula McDonald, Ben Jackson, Hugh Alberti, Joe Rosenthal

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Revealing the reality of undergraduate GP teaching in UK medical curricula: a cross-sectional questionnaire study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020
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  16. Barriers, facilitators, and survival strategies for GPs seeking treatment for distress: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017
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  17. Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017
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  18. Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: a qualitative focus group study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017
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  19. Confronting the bashing: fundamental questions remain.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016
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  20. Not such friendly banter? GPs and psychiatrists against the systematic denigration of their specialties.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Paula McDonaldDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton.
Ben JacksonSenior Clinical Teacher in Primary Medical Care, Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
Hugh AlbertiSub-Dean for Primary and Community Care, School of Medical Education, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle.
Joe RosenthalSenior Lecturer in General Practice and Sub-Dean for Community Based Teaching, Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Career ChoiceGeneral PracticeState MedicineStudents, MedicalAttitude of Health PersonnelEducation, Medical, UndergraduateHumansSchools, MedicalUnited Kingdom

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PMID27162207
PMCPMC4871286

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