
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Neate, Sandra L 
A1  - Dent, Andrew W 
A1  - Weiland, Tracey J 
A1  - Farish, Stephen 
A1  - Jolly, Brian 
A1  - Crotty, Brendan C 
T1  - Barriers to continuing medical education in Australian prevocational doctors
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2008
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SP  - 292
EP  - 300
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH080292 
N2  - To determine perceived barriers to continuing education for Australian hospital-based prevocational doctors, a cross sectional cohort survey was distributed to medical administrators for secondary redistribution to 2607 prevocational doctors from August 2003 to October 2004. Four hundred and seventy valid questionnaires (18.1%) were returned. Only seven per cent (33/470) did not identify any barriers to continuing education. Barriers identified the most were lack of time (85% [371/ 437]), clinical commitment (65% [284/437]), resistance from registrars (13% [57/437]) and resistance from consultant staff (10% [44/ 437]). Other barriers included workload issues (27% [27/98]), teaching program inadequacies (26% [25/98]), lack of protected time for education (17% [17/98]), motivational issues (11% [10/98]) and geographic remoteness (10% [10/98]). Australian graduates (87%) identified lack of time more frequently than international medical graduates (77%) (P = 0.036). Perceived barriers did not differ significantly between doctors of differing postgraduate years. 
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