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Barriers and facilitators to primary care research: views of GP trainees and trainers

Sarah Stephenson, Eugene Yee Hing Tang, Eugene Tang, Penny Williams, Hilary Allan, John Rouse, Morag Burton, Caroline Wroe, Richard Bellamy and Hannah Hesselgreaves
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (2): BJGPO.2021.0099. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0099
Sarah Stephenson
1 Department of Leadership and Human Resource Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Eugene Yee Hing Tang
2 Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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3 North East and North Cumbria Clinical Research Network, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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4 Health Education North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Hannah Hesselgreaves
1 Department of Leadership and Human Resource Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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    Table 1. Characteristics of trainee participants
    Characteristicn%
    Age, years
    Mean 32.6 [range 25–54, SD 5.7]167100
    BSc2012.0
    PGCert106.0
    PGDip84.8
    MSc2213.2
    PhD21.2
    Member of a medical college63.6
    Year of training
    ST15734.3
    ST25834.9
    ST34828.9
    Other31.8
    Applied for an academic post previously
    Yes137.8
    No15392.2
    Medical school region a
    North East and North Cumbria2515.1
    North West3420.5
    Otherb 4426.5
    Overseas6337.7
    • aMissing data n = 1. bIncludes London, East Midlands, East of England, West Midlands, Wessex, Yorkshire and Humber, Scotland and Wales.

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    Table 2. Trainee career choice intention within general practice (n = 166)
    Career choicenResponse rate, %
    Clinical service post only116.6
    Clinical service post with some teaching7344.0
    Clinical service post with some research95.4
    Clinical service post with some teaching and research2615.7
    Solely clinical academic research post10.6
    Change speciality95.4
    Undecided3319.9
    May leave medicine42.4
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    Table 3. Trainee intention to undertake form of academic career (research or education) presented with associations with intercalation, year of training, and medical school region
    Survey itemResponse categoryn/total%Trainee intention academic career (univariate analysis)
    (Q7) Intercalated?Yes23/16414Not significant 
    No141/16486
    (Q13) Year of trainingST157/16634Not significant   
    ST258/16634.9
    ST348/16628.9
    Other3/1661.8
    (Q11) Medical school regiona North East and Cumbria10/2540x2=35.8(3, n=166), P=0.02   
    North West12/3435.3
    Rest UK10/4422.7
    Overseas31/6349.2
    • Because of small sample size and to avoid violation of minimum cell size Χ2 test of associations, the five variables in Q25 were merged to two: intention to undertake an academic career; and intention to undertake an academic career.

    • aSignificant.

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    Table 4. Trainee and trainer research engagement
     Trainee self-reports of engaging in…Trainee awareness of trainers’ engagement in...Trainer self-reports of engaging in…Trainer self-report of interest in…
    Number of responses%Number of responses%Numbers of responses%Number of responses%
    Education and training6735.611752.713651.912287.8
    Recruitment of patients to research31.6167.24115.664.3
    Contributing to research179.03114.03111.821.4
    Designing and carrying out research84.3135.962.342.9
    No research9349.54520.34818.353.6
    Total 188 100 222 100 262 100 139 100
    • Participants could tick more than one response.

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    Table 5. Factors influencing research careers
    Funded researchcoursesFunded research qualificationsFunded time for researchRole modellingMentor schemeAttendconferencesMore informationduring training
    Trainee Number of responses(%)94(15.8)93(15.6)106(17.8)81(13.6)85(14.3)53(8.9)83(13.9)
    Trainer Number of responses(%)41(10.8)65(17.1)52(13.6)94(24.7)49(12.9)53(13.9)29(7.1)
    • Participants could tick more than one response. Role modelling received the most votes for trainers (25%). Funded time for research received the most votes for trainees (18%).

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    Table 6. Trainee interest and understanding of research (n = 164)
    Interest in research (the number of times the item was ranked first) (Q17):n (%)Understanding of research (Q34)n (%)
    Recruitment of patients5 (3)Aware of what research in primary care entails0
    Aware of opportunities to take part in research0
    Would like to hear about research opportunities2 (1)
    Contributing to research18 (11)Aware of what research in primary care entails6 (4)
    Aware of opportunities to take part in research3 (2)
    Would like to hear about research opportunities12 (7)
    Carrying out research12 (7)Aware of what research in primary care entails3 (2)
    Aware of opportunities to take part in research2 (1)
    Would like to hear about research opportunities11 (7)

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