Research Projects

GP Synergy is committed to developing training programs stemming from evidence based research. Explore our current and completed research projects below.

Other educational projects

Current Projects

Changing Registrars’ Antibiotic Prescribing (ChAP II)

Current Projects

Exploring the in-consultation clinical and educational experience of Practice Experience Program (PEP) participants via an established patient encounter tracking and learning tool (PETAL)

Current Projects

The Diploma in Practice Management in Aboriginal Medical Services – Impact on professional and personal development of graduates

Current Projects

A mixed-methods exploration of the effectiveness of Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) as a work-based assessment and Patient Encounter Tracking and Learning Tool (PETAL)

Current Projects

The QUIT-CA Index (Questionable In Training Clinical Activities)

Current Projects

GP Synergy Registrar Competency Assessment Grid – Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Completed Projects

What’s in a visit? Establishing the content and perceived educational utility of Clinical Teaching Visits (CTVs)

Current Projects

Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT)

Current Projects

Prescribing and deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medicines in older patients in general practice

Completed Projects

Attitudes to environmental sustainability in general practice

Completed Projects

Evaluating GP Synergy’s GP vocational training program: factors associated with final exam performance – Competency Assessment Grid (CAG)

Completed Projects

Clinical Teaching Visits: a pilot study of perceptions of educational utility

Completed Projects

Evaluation of a supervisor training module using the Diagnostic Thinking Inventory (DTI)

Completed Projects

Registrar clinical reasoning

Current Projects

New alumni EXperiences of Training and independent Unsupervised Practice (NEXT-UP)

Completed Projects

Exploring the predictive value of Mock-AKT scores on RACGP fellowship exams

Current Projects

Registrars Deprescribing of Inappropriate Medicines in the Elderly (Re-DIME)

Completed Projects

BENzodiazepines: Enhancing compliance For reduced prescribing In Training (BENEFIT)

Completed Projects

A qualitative study of peer mentorship program for GP registrars: exploring the experiences of registrar mentees and mentors

Completed Projects

Prevalence, and associations, and barriers to prescribing of long acting reversible contraception (LARC) by GP registrars: a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study and secondary analysis of ReCEnT study data

Completed Projects

Defining and assessing global professional qualities in GP registrars / Markers of administrative compliance – a proxy measure of GP registrars’ professionalism

Completed Projects

Evaluating GP Synergy’s Pre-GP Term Assessment (PGA): factors associated with final exam performance

Completed Projects

Antibiotic prescribing strategies of general practice registrars for acute respiratory tract infections: prevalence and associations of delayed prescribing – qualitative

Completed Projects

Antibiotic prescribing strategies of general practice registrars for acute respiratory tract infections: prevalence and associations of delayed prescribing – quantitative

Completed Projects

GP Synergy Registrar Competency Assessment Grid – Exploratory Factor Analysis

Completed Projects

Exploring selection score cut points for entry into GP training

Completed Projects

Early-career GPs’ attitudes to providing tobacco, alcohol and other drug care in the primary healthcare setting

Completed Projects

The Hallmark of Education and Learning Progress (HELP) and Hallmark of Education and Learning Progress and Examination Results (HELPER) studies

Completed Projects

Management of Transient Ischaemic Attacks by GP registrars and supervisors

Completed Projects

Destination and work patterns of, and influences of GP vocational training on, independent unsupervised practice of graduates (the RAPPoRT study)

Completed Projects

Aged Care Teaching – Opportunities for Registrars (ACTOR)

Completed Projects

Performance of office-based procedures by GP supervisors

Completed Projects

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Other educational projects

Changing Registrars’ Antibiotic Prescribing (ChAP II)

Exploring the in-consultation clinical and educational experience of Practice Experience Program (PEP) participants via an established patient encounter tracking and learning tool (PETAL)

The Diploma in Practice Management in Aboriginal Medical Services – Impact on professional and personal development of graduates

A mixed-methods exploration of the effectiveness of Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) as a work-based assessment and Patient Encounter Tracking and Learning Tool (PETAL)

The QUIT-CA Index (Questionable In Training Clinical Activities)

GP Synergy Registrar Competency Assessment Grid – Confirmatory Factor Analysis

What’s in a visit? Establishing the content and perceived educational utility of Clinical Teaching Visits (CTVs)

Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT)

Prescribing and deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medicines in older patients in general practice

Attitudes to environmental sustainability in general practice

Evaluating GP Synergy’s GP vocational training program: factors associated with final exam performance – Competency Assessment Grid (CAG)

Clinical Teaching Visits: a pilot study of perceptions of educational utility

Evaluation of a supervisor training module using the Diagnostic Thinking Inventory (DTI)

Registrar clinical reasoning

New alumni EXperiences of Training and independent Unsupervised Practice (NEXT-UP)

Exploring the predictive value of Mock-AKT scores on RACGP fellowship exams

Registrars Deprescribing of Inappropriate Medicines in the Elderly (Re-DIME)

BENzodiazepines: Enhancing compliance For reduced prescribing In Training (BENEFIT)

A qualitative study of peer mentorship program for GP registrars: exploring the experiences of registrar mentees and mentors

Prevalence, and associations, and barriers to prescribing of long acting reversible contraception (LARC) by GP registrars: a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study and secondary analysis of ReCEnT study data

Defining and assessing global professional qualities in GP registrars / Markers of administrative compliance – a proxy measure of GP registrars’ professionalism

Evaluating GP Synergy’s Pre-GP Term Assessment (PGA): factors associated with final exam performance

Antibiotic prescribing strategies of general practice registrars for acute respiratory tract infections: prevalence and associations of delayed prescribing – qualitative

Antibiotic prescribing strategies of general practice registrars for acute respiratory tract infections: prevalence and associations of delayed prescribing – quantitative

GP Synergy Registrar Competency Assessment Grid – Exploratory Factor Analysis

Exploring selection score cut points for entry into GP training

Early-career GPs’ attitudes to providing tobacco, alcohol and other drug care in the primary healthcare setting

The Hallmark of Education and Learning Progress (HELP) and Hallmark of Education and Learning Progress and Examination Results (HELPER) studies

Management of Transient Ischaemic Attacks by GP registrars and supervisors

Destination and work patterns of, and influences of GP vocational training on, independent unsupervised practice of graduates (the RAPPoRT study)

Aged Care Teaching – Opportunities for Registrars (ACTOR)

Performance of office-based procedures by GP supervisors