Aust Fam Physician
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To explore the attitudes of general practitioners to the changing roles in the coordination of complex patient care. ⋯ In the context of the introduction of managed care in Australia, this survey highlights the potential for GPs to take on a range of roles and responsibilities under these arrangements.
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Increasing exposure of undergraduate medical students to rural practice is a key component of the national effort in Australia to redress the rural workforce shortage. For this exposure to be successful, willing cooperation of current rural general practitioners is essential. To date there has been no formal assessment of rural general practitioners' attitudes to having undergraduate medical students attached to their practice. ⋯ The results suggest that rural general practitioners are willing to have students attached to their practice for periods between one to two weeks, providing they receive quality assurance points, and to a lesser extent, financial reimbursement and academic status.