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- Formed in 2016, the vision for the NSW & ACT Research and Evaluation Unit is to be a major contributor to Australian and international educational research, and for research outcomes to inform the education and training of GP registrars.
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- The GP Synergy Research and Evaluation Unit conducts a range of research activities, with the centrepiece of our current research program being the research component of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project.
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- GP Synergy is committed to conducting rigorous evaluation of its educational and training activities to inform continuous improvement and to ensure the highest standards of delivery are maintained.
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- The ReCEnT project is a flagship general practice (GP) education and training project. It is the first of its kind to document Australian GP registrars’ educational and clinical experience over time.
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Research Projects

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

GP Synergy Registrar Competency Assessment Grid – Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Completed 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

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

Completed 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

Performance of office-based procedures by GP supervisors

Completed Projects

Aged Care Teaching – Opportunities for Registrars (ACTOR)

Completed Projects

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

Completed Projects

Management of Transient Ischaemic Attacks by GP registrars and supervisors

Completed Projects

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

Completed Projects