Adaptability: building an academic workforce with GPs

Authors

Russell Pearson, University of WollongongFollow
Elizabeth Farmer, University of WollongongFollow
Andrew Bonney, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

40790

Publication Details

Pearson, R., Farmer, E. & Bonney, A. (2011). Adaptability: building an academic workforce with GPs. Australian Family Physician, 40 (1/2), 7.

Abstract

The University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine (UWGSM) opened in 2007. This is one of a new wave of medical schools to enable the more than doubling of the number of medical students graduating in the period from 2006-2014.1 However, this rapid expansion has exposed a relative paucity of experienced medical academics and the regional medical schools especially have found difficulty immediately attracting a full complement of academic staff. These schools have therefore sought to recruit locally and train staff who vary widely in previous experience in teaching.