Barnard A, Kamien M
Department of General Practice, University of Western Australia, Perth.
Aust Fam Physician. 1994 Sep;23(9):1752-6, 1758, 1760.
To describe the reading habits of a cohort of Western Australian RACGP Training Program doctors undertaking general practice terms in 1992.
A questionnaire that included a list of journals and books relevant to general practice was distributed to trainees. Information obtained included demographic data, the frequency of journal reading and the number of books read.
There were 68 respondents from a total of 100. Time spent in medical reading ranged from one to 12 hours per week, with a mean of 3.3. The number of journal titles read in the past six months ranged from three to 16. The number of books actually read (from the 39 titles presented) ranged from zero to 17. The most frequently read were the reference type books. Very few of the 'core' books about the nature, scope and philosophy of general practice had been read.
RACGPTP doctors read mainly for information. To produce educated doctors knowledgeable about their chosen discipline, the Training Program will need to place greater emphasis on introducing their vocational trainees to the writings of the thinkers and philosophers of general practice and family medicine.
描述1992年参加西澳大利亚皇家澳大利亚全科医生培训项目并进行全科实习的一批医生的阅读习惯。
向学员发放一份包含与全科医学相关的期刊和书籍清单的问卷。获得的信息包括人口统计学数据、期刊阅读频率和阅读书籍数量。
100名受访者中有68人回复。每周花在医学阅读上的时间从1小时到12小时不等，平均为3.3小时。过去六个月阅读的期刊种类数量从3种到16种不等。实际阅读的书籍数量（从列出的39种书籍中）从0本到17本不等。阅读最频繁的是参考类书籍。很少有人阅读过关于全科医学的性质、范围和理念的“核心”书籍。
皇家澳大利亚全科医生培训项目的医生主要为获取信息而阅读。为培养出对所选学科有见识的医生，培训项目需要更加强调向其职业学员介绍全科医学和家庭医学的思想家及哲学家的著作。
