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Barton, Christopher, Reeve, Joanne L., Adams, Ann and McIntyre, Ellen (2015) Australian academic primary health-care careers : a scoping survey. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (2). pp. 167-173. doi:10.1071/PY14129
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY14129
Abstract
This study was undertaken to provide a snapshot of the academic primary health-care workforce in Australia and to provide some insight into research capacity in academic primary health care following changes to funding for this sector. A convenience sample of individuals self-identifying as working within academic primary health care (n = 405) completed an anonymous online survey. Respondents were identified from several academic primary health-care mailing lists. The survey explored workforce demographics, clarity of career pathways, career trajectories and enablers/barriers to ‘getting in’ and ‘getting on’. A mix of early career (41%), mid-career (25%) and senior academics (35%) responded. Early career academics tended to be female and younger than mid-career and senior academics, who tended to be male and working in ‘balanced’ (teaching and research) roles and listing medicine as their disciplinary background. Almost three-quarters (74%) indicated career pathways were either ‘completely’ or ‘somewhat unclear’, irrespective of gender and disciplinary backgrounds. Just over half (51%) had a permanent position. Males were more likely to have permanent positions, as were those with a medical background. Less than half (43%) reported having a mentor, and of the 57% without a mentor, more than two-thirds (69%) would like one. These results suggest a lack of clarity in career paths, uncertainty in employment and a large number of temporary (contract) or casual positions represent barriers to sustainable careers in academic primary health care, especially for women who are from non-medicine backgrounds. Professional development or a mentoring program for primary health-care academics was desired and may address some of the issues identified by survey respondents.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Australian Journal of Primary Health | ||||||||
| Publisher: | C S I R O Publishing | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1448-7527 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 5 March 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 22 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 167-173 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1071/PY14129 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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