Table 1

Actions taken in reviewing the literature exploring the relationship between GP registrars, GP educators, teaching and research using MEDLINE, websites, and key informants

Literature review actions
Number of references

Initial search of MEDLINE 1996–2007*
302
Two reviewers culled 302 titles and abstracts
34
Two reviewers culled 34 printed references for relevance
20
Review of the reference lists from the 20 relevant references
35



Review of six websites:

     PHCRED
http://www.phcris.org.au/phcred/

     AGPN
http://www.agpn.com.au/site/index.cfm
7 books
     AGPT
http://www.agpt.com.au/
9 policy documents
     RACGP
http://www.racgp.org.au/

     RNZCGP
http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/

     AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/




Discussion with key informants
0
Emerging themes were extracted by one reviewer
51

* Key words for the search strategy included general practice OR family practice; general practice OR research; teaching OR education. The term supervisor did not add any new references and therefore was excluded.

Kljakovic Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2009 8:6   doi:10.1186/1447-056X-8-6

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