How competent do general practice residents feel and why?
(2012) Education for Primary Care — Vol. 23, n° 1, p. 19-26 (2012)
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Degryse, Jean-Marie 
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- BACKGROUND: General practice residency aims to produce competent general practitioners (GPs) who will practice independently, i.e. who demonstrate adequate levels of actual and self-perceived competence. PURPOSES: To measure self-perceived competence in GP residents at our institution and explore potential determinants. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of our GP residents. Self-perceived competence was measured in four domains. Independent variables included gender, postgraduate year, patient contacts, on-call duties, practice of specific tasks, self-assessed effort and knowledge. RESULTS: Between 1.6 and 37.8% of GP residents assessed their competence as less than average. Self-perceived competence was not consistently linked to any of the hypothesised factors. CONCLUSIONS: A significant proportion of residents reported less than satisfactory levels of self-perceived competence. Longitudinal studies should be conducted as well as qualitative studies focusing on the role of other factors in the development of high levels of self-perceived competence during general practice training.
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Dory, V., Degryse, J.-M., Roex, A., & Vanpee, D. (2012). How competent do general practice residents feel and why? Education for Primary Care, 23(1), 19-26. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/47040 (Original work published 2012)