Total n=714 | Survey type | ||
Online n=180 | Postal n=534 | ||
Gender: male | 410 (57) | 131 (73) | 279 (53) |
GP type | |||
GP principal | 531 (74) | 171 (95) | 360 (68) |
Salaried GP | 151 (21) | 6 (3) | 145 (27) |
Locum GP | 21 (3) | 2 (1) | 19 (4) |
Other | 9 (1) | 1 (0.6) | 8 (2) |
Duration since qualification as a GP, years | |||
Mean (SD) | 18 (12) | 30 (5) | 13 (11) |
Median | 12 | 29.5 | 8 |
Range | 1–55 | 21–47 | 1–55 |
Practice location/type | |||
Inner city (urban) | 301 (42) | 83 (46) | 218 (41) |
Semirural | 336 (47) | 84 (47) | 252 (48) |
Rural | 73 (10) | 13 (7) | 60 (11) |
Number of GPs in practice | |||
Single-handed | 5 (1) | 2 (1) | 3 (1) |
2–4 GPs | 169 (24) | 20 (11) | 149 (28) |
5–10 GPs | 466 (66) | 137 (76) | 329 (62) |
>10 GPs | 68 (10) | 21 (12) | 47 (10) |
GPwSI MSK medicine n (%) | 47 (6) | 16 (9) | 31 (6) |
MSK training | |||
Received training | 265 (37) | 72 (40) | 193 (36) |
Responses to training type* | 227 (86) | ||
Online only | 22 (3) | ||
Workshop only | 147 (21) | ||
Postgraduate only | 18 (3) | ||
Online and workshops | 36 (5) | ||
Online and postgraduate | 1 (0.1) | ||
Workshop and postgraduate | 1 (0.1) | ||
Online and workshop and postgraduate | 2 (0.3) |
*Type of MSK training not described separately for the two subgroups because of low numbers.
GP, general practitioner; GPwSI, GP with special interest; MSK, musculoskeletal.