Aust Fam Physician
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To study the frequency of negative comments (badmouthing) made by teaching hospital specialists about metropolitan and rural general practitioners (GPs) and by GPs about hospital specialists and the impact of these comments on medical students' intended career choice. In this study badmouthing is defined as unwarranted, negative, denigrating, even sarcastic comments made by doctors about other doctors. ⋯ A low level of badmouthing by all medical disciplines is an unattractive part of the learning milieu of medical students. In this study it had an influence on the current career choices of 21% of participating students.