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Impact of participation in continuing medical education small group learning (CME-SGL) on the stress, morale, and professional isolation of rurally-based GPs: a qualitative study in Ireland

Stephanie Dowling, Jason Last, Henry Finnegan, Pat Daly, John Bourke, Conor Hanrahan, Pat Harrold, Geoff McCombe and Walter Cullen
BJGP Open 2019; 3 (4): bjgpopen19X101673. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101673
Stephanie Dowling
1 ICGP Assistant National Academic Director of CME, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
2 Research Student, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland
MSc, MICGP, DObs, DCH, Dip Med Ed
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  • For correspondence: drstephanie.dowling{at}gmail.com
Jason Last
3 Associate Dean, Director of Education Development and Academic Affairs, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
MB BAO BCh, MSc, FFSEM
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Henry Finnegan
4 Former National Director of ICGP CME (retired), Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
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Pat Daly
5 ICGP CME Tutor, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
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John Bourke
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Conor Hanrahan
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Pat Harrold
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Geoff McCombe
9 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Walter Cullen
10 Professor of Urban General Practice and Head of Subject, General Practice, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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vol. 3 no. 4 bjgpopen19X101673
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen19X101673
PubMed 
31662316

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Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received September 9, 2019
  • Accepted September 12, 2019
  • Published online January 23, 2020.

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  1. Stephanie Dowling, MSc, MICGP, DObs, DCH, Dip Med Ed1,2,*,
  2. Jason Last, MB BAO BCh, MSc, FFSEM3,
  3. Henry Finnegan, MB BAO BCh, MICGP, DObs, DCH4,
  4. Pat Daly, MB BAO BCh, MRCGP, MICGP5,
  5. John Bourke, MB BAO BCh6,
  6. Conor Hanrahan, LRCP&SI, MICGP, DCH, DObs, DME7,
  7. Pat Harrold, MICGP8,
  8. Geoff McCombe, PhD9 and
  9. Walter Cullen, MD, MRCGP, MICGP10
  1. 1 ICGP Assistant National Academic Director of CME, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
  2. 2 Research Student, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Dublin, Ireland
  3. 3 Associate Dean, Director of Education Development and Academic Affairs, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  4. 4 Former National Director of ICGP CME (retired), Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
  5. 5 ICGP CME Tutor, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
  6. 6 ICGP CME Tutor, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
  7. 7 ICGP CME Tutor, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
  8. 8 ICGP CME Tutor, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland
  9. 9 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  10. 10 Professor of Urban General Practice and Head of Subject, General Practice, University College Dublin School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Stephanie Dowling, drstephanie.dowling{at}gmail.com
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Keywords

  • continuing professional development
  • education, medical, continuing
  • Postgraduate education
  • Rural medicine
  • general practice
  • Primary Health Care
  • Family practice
  • general practitioners
  • burnout, professional

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