GP Vivas · rural-health
Procedural scope in rural general practice — structured viva
Structured oral on procedural rural general practice: defending procedural safety with the audit evidence, the attrition problem, training pathways, telementoring, and workforce sustainability.
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Prompt
The examiner opens: 'A colleague says rural GPs should stop doing procedures and just refer — it is safer. Defend or concede.' The viva branches through safety evidence, attrition, training, telementoring and workforce.
Stem
You are the rural generalist. The examiner challenges the procedural model itself. [25]
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