Physician Associate and General Practitioner Consultations: A Comparative Observational Video Study

Physician Associate and General Practitioner Consultations: A Comparative Observational Video Study

BACKGROUND Physician associates, known internationally as physician assistants, are a mid-level practitioner, well established in the United States of America but new to the United Kingdom. A small number work in primary care under the supervision of general practitioners, where they most commonly see patients requesting same day appointments for new problems. As an adjunct to larger study, we ...

General practitioner residency consultations: video feedback analysis

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyse longitudinally two decades of Portuguese general practitioner (GP) residents’ consultation features, such as consultation lengthestimating its major determinantsas well as to compare with GP residents from other Western practices. Methods: This pilot study followed a retrospective and descriptive design, comprising of the analysis of videotap...

A study of general-practitioner consultations in North-east Scotland.

Ethnic differences in general practitioner consultations.

OBJECTIVE To examine the levels of general practitioner consultations among the different ethnic groups resident in Britain. DESIGN The study was based on the British general household surveys of 1983-5 and included 63,966 people aged 0-64. Odds ratios were derived for consultation by ethnic group by using logistic regression analysis adjusting for age and socioeconomic group. SETTING The r...

Socioeconomic and geographical variation in general practitioner consultations for allergic rhinitis in England, 2003–2014: an observational study

OBJECTIVE Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a global health problem, potentially impacting individuals' sleep, work and social life. We aimed to use a surveillance network of general practitioners (GPs) to describe the epidemiology of AR consultations in England. SETTING A large GP surveillance network covering approximately 53% of the English population. METHODS GP consultations for AR across Engl...