The training needs of GPs and GP trainees in relation to the Women's Health Plan's priority areas for action: ASME Award Winner Small Grants Funding Recipient 2022

TY - JOUR

T1 - The training needs of GPs and GP trainees in relation to the Women's Health Plan's priority areas for action

T2 - ASME Award Winner Small Grants Funding Recipient 2022

AU - Kennedy, Cate

AU - McElhinney, Zoe

N1 - © 2023 The Authors.

PY - 2023/10/19

Y1 - 2023/10/19

N2 - In August 2021, the Scottish Government launched ‘Women's Health Plan: A plan for 2021–2024’,1 which recognised that women experience different health needs to men and that these are often not provided for in terms of appropriate healthcare or equality of outcomes. The plan focuses on six initial priority areas: access to support and services for menopause, endometriosis, menstrual health, abortion and contraception and postnatal contraception and to reduce inequalities women's health outcomes, particularly in relation to cardiac disease. As GPs in the United Kingdom are the first point of contact for patients and act as gatekeepers to specialist services, an understanding of women's health needs and appropriate management of these needs is vital within primary care. However, there is a dearth of research exploring the preparedness of GPs and GP trainees to address women's health needs; that has been carried out has identified a lack of preparedness of primary care physicians in assessing women's risk of cardiovascular disease2 and how a lack of knowledge and awareness led to diagnostic delays for endometriosis.3 This study explored GPs and GP trainees' perceptions of the priority health needs for women, and of their preparedness to meet them. This study utilised a qualitative research design to conduct interviews with GPs and GP trainees in NHS Tayside. The research was conducted in early 2023, and preliminary research findings will be presented. The researchers utilised a thematic narrative approach and have developed composite narratives to explore the commonalities of experience. REFERENCES 1. Scottish Government. Women's health plan: a plan for 2021–2024. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/womens-health-plan/ Accessed 9 March 2022. 2. Isakadze, N, Mehta, PK, Law, K, Dolan, M, Lundberg, GP. Addressing the gap in physician preparedness to assess cardiovascular risk in women: a comprehensive approach to cardiovascular risk assessment in women. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2019; 21(9):47. 3. Van Der Zanden, M, Teunissen, DA, Van Der Woord, IW, Braat, DD, Nelen, WL, Nap, AW. Barriers and facilitators to the timely diagnosis of endometriosis in primary care in the Netherlands. Fam Pract 2020; 37(1): 131–136.

AB - In August 2021, the Scottish Government launched ‘Women's Health Plan: A plan for 2021–2024’,1 which recognised that women experience different health needs to men and that these are often not provided for in terms of appropriate healthcare or equality of outcomes. The plan focuses on six initial priority areas: access to support and services for menopause, endometriosis, menstrual health, abortion and contraception and postnatal contraception and to reduce inequalities women's health outcomes, particularly in relation to cardiac disease. As GPs in the United Kingdom are the first point of contact for patients and act as gatekeepers to specialist services, an understanding of women's health needs and appropriate management of these needs is vital within primary care. However, there is a dearth of research exploring the preparedness of GPs and GP trainees to address women's health needs; that has been carried out has identified a lack of preparedness of primary care physicians in assessing women's risk of cardiovascular disease2 and how a lack of knowledge and awareness led to diagnostic delays for endometriosis.3 This study explored GPs and GP trainees' perceptions of the priority health needs for women, and of their preparedness to meet them. This study utilised a qualitative research design to conduct interviews with GPs and GP trainees in NHS Tayside. The research was conducted in early 2023, and preliminary research findings will be presented. The researchers utilised a thematic narrative approach and have developed composite narratives to explore the commonalities of experience. REFERENCES 1. Scottish Government. Women's health plan: a plan for 2021–2024. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/womens-health-plan/ Accessed 9 March 2022. 2. Isakadze, N, Mehta, PK, Law, K, Dolan, M, Lundberg, GP. Addressing the gap in physician preparedness to assess cardiovascular risk in women: a comprehensive approach to cardiovascular risk assessment in women. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2019; 21(9):47. 3. Van Der Zanden, M, Teunissen, DA, Van Der Woord, IW, Braat, DD, Nelen, WL, Nap, AW. Barriers and facilitators to the timely diagnosis of endometriosis in primary care in the Netherlands. Fam Pract 2020; 37(1): 131–136.

KW - composite narratives

KW - GP training

KW - primary care

KW - qualitative

KW - women's health

U2 - 10.1111/tct.13657

DO - 10.1111/tct.13657

M3 - Meeting abstract

SN - 1743-4971

VL - 20

SP - 20

EP - 21

JO - Clinical Teacher

JF - Clinical Teacher

IS - Supplement_S1

M1 - e13657

ER -