Experiences and career intentions of general practice registrars in Thames deaneries: postal survey.

al. Effects of intensive blood-pressure lowering and low-dose aspirin in patients with hypertension: principal results of the hypertension optimal treatment (HOT) randomised trial. et al. Relationship of blood pressure to coronary and stroke morbidity and mortality in clinical trials and epidemiological studies. Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. Council general practice research framework. Thrombosis prevention trial: randomised trial of low intensity oral anti-coagulation with warfarin and low–dose aspirin in the primary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in men at increased risk. panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (adult treatment panel II). K, et al. Coronary and cardiovascular risk estimation for primary prevention: population validation of a new Sheffield table. Risk assessment in primary prevention of coronary heart disease: randomised comparison of three scoring methods. How accurately do primary health care professionals use cardiovascular risk tables in the management of hypertension? M. Do doctors accurately assess coronary risk in their patients? Preliminary results of the coronary health assessment study.ing lipid-lowering drug therapy for primary prevention of coronary disease: an updated Sheffield table. British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice. The national plan for the NHS in Britain has promised an additional 2000 general practitioners and 550 training places for general practice registrars by 2004. 1 A study of the experiences and career intentions of general practice registrars was commissioned by the four deans of postgraduate general practice education responsible for south east England. These deaneries included a third of all registrars in general practice training in England. A postal questionnaire was developed, piloted, and sent to all 470 general practice registrars in the Thames deaneries in April 2000. Altogether 373 (79%) completed questionnaires were returned, 92% (330/358) by registrars in their final year of training. The proportion of female respondents (60%, 218/ 365) was similar to the national average 2 ; the participants' median age was 30.0 years (mean 31.5 years). Most had trained in UK medical schools, but 29% (108/373) had qualified overseas (table). Doctors qualified overseas were older than UK graduates. Almost two thirds had chosen general practice after becoming a doctor, a median of three years after qualification. Most registrars were satisfied with their training. Fifty eight per cent (213/366) would prefer the general practice component of training to be extended by six …