GP training in affluent practices in Scotland: the experiences of GP trainees and implications for their future practice
Educ Prim Care. 2024 Feb 4:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2024.2310316. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUK general practice faces workforce challenges. The pandemic, and cost-of-living crisis are felt hardest by our most deprived communities. The Scottish Government is keen to tackle Scotland's high drugs-related deaths. The perceptions and experiences of GP specialist trainees who have trained in deprived communities are already known. This qualitative study explored the perceptions and experiences of trainees from affluent practices and how this training may affect their future career. One-to-one in-depth interviews were condu...
Source: Education for Primary Care - February 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Anthony McMahon David Edward Cunningham Source Type: research
Starting an undergraduate degree amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-method egocentric network study on student loneliness
This study employed an exploratory egocentric network and mixed-methods approach to investigate the li nks between social networks and loneliness in the COVID cohort. Of sixty-one respondents meeting inclusion criteria for the study, fifty-eight first-year undergraduate students from the September 2020 intake at a large Scottish University provided egocentric network data via an online survey, as wel l as responses to three open-ended questions which were aimed at generating qualitative data about participants’ experiences of starting university in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bivariate analyses suggest that hav...
Source: PLoS One - February 2, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Leonie Richardson Source Type: research
News at a glance: Mars helicopter ’s final flight, grants for U.K. diversity, and a nonopioid pain drug
PLANETARY SCIENCE
Breakdown finally grounds Mars helicopter
After 72 flights on Mars—67 more than originally planned—NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flew its final sortie last month. The tiny helicopter (above), a technology demonstration deployed from the Perseverance rover, lasted for 3 years, covering 17 kilometers during more than 2 hours of flight, until at least one of its carbon-fiber blades fractured during a crash landing. Ingenuity served as a scout for Perseverance as it climbed toward the rim of Jezero crater, helping it avoid hazardous terrain and collect rock samples. The mission coul...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 1, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
