{
  "abstract": "Objectives To determine the use, frequency and factors linked to the use of any electronic point of care resources (ePOC resources) used by early-career general practitioners (GPs in training, otherwise known as GP residents or registrars) during consultations; and the frequency, and factors linked to the use of evidence-based clinical summaries.Design Cross-sectional analysis of data collected as part of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project from 2018 to 2022. Every 6 months, GP trainees record 60 consecutive consultations, including information about their use of resources.Setting Australian training general practices.Participants 3024 GP trainees in community-based vocational training.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the use of ePOC resources, and the secondary outcome was the use of evidence-based ePOC summaries.Results A total of 3024 GP trainees accessed electronic resources during patient encounters for 67 651/628 855 (10.8%) of diagnoses/problems. Use of ePOC resources increased 4% per year over the study period. Therapeutic Guidelines was accessed most often (27 435/79 536, 34.7% of all ePOC use) followed by Australian Medicines Handbook (7507, 9.4%) and HealthPathways (6965, 8.7%). Various factors were associated with increased use of ePOC resources, including increasing patient age, diagnosis/problem type, increasing years of experience prior to GP training and stage of training. GP trainees rarely accessed dedicated evidence-based clinical summaries.Conclusions Australian GP trainees use a range of resources to answer their clinical questions, mostly from Therapeutic Guidelines and prescribing compendiums, but also system specific resources that are free to access.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "General Practice Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Herston, Queensland, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Ben Mitchell"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Parker Magin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "General Practice Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Herston, Queensland, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Mieke L van Driel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Amanda Tapley"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Anna Ralston"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Andrew Davey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Elizabeth Holliday"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Clinical Research Design IT and Statistical Support Unit (CReDITSS), Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Jason Dizon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Dominica Moad"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Alison Fielding"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia",
        "General Practice Training Research Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Katie Fisher"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "GP Training Medical Education Department, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Lisa Clarke"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "General Practice Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Herston, Queensland, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Geoffrey Spurling"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Use of electronic point-of-care resources by early-career general practitioners and associations with their use during consultations: A cross-sectional analysis of consultation data.",
  "uid": "f40ec9cd-47c5-5016-8ad6-94c00f0075a2"
}