Are general practice registrars prepared for immunisation?
Leask J; Williams A; McIntyre P; O’Dea D National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and the University of Sydney, New South Wales. JulieL3@chw.edu.au OBJECTIVE: To describe undergraduate formal training on immunisation as remembered by general practice registrars and its perceived helpfulness. SETTING AND METHODS: Self completed questionnaire by all general practice registrars in advanced general practice terms (second 6 months of general practice) in New South Wales during 2002. RESULTS: Formal undergraduate training in immunisation was reported by 68% (84/123) of respondents. The 20% who remembered formal practical training were significantly more likely to rate it as helpful (OR: 1.
