Warragul-based GP registrar, Dr Ei Thu Aung presented the results of the first part of her skin cancer study at the General Practice Education and Training Convention 2014 in Brisbane in September. The presentation was entitled “Skin Cancer follow up in Rural General Practice” which she is completing as part of her academic year.

According to Dr Aung, studies on skin cancer follow-up are primarily conducted by specialists and hospital-based research. However there is limited data available on how rural GPs draw up their protocols or the factors that influence their protocols.

The aim of the research is to establish the rural clinicians’ views and practices regarding skin cancer follow-up in general practice and to look at the challenges in skin cancer follow-up.

The two-part study involves a questionnaire to assess skin cancer follow-up systems, intervals and investigations followed by semi-structured interviews of some GPs around perspectives and influencing factors on follow-up guidelines.

Dr Aung is a GP registrar in Warragul, doing her fellowship under the supervision of Associate Professor David Campbell and Dr Eleanor Mitchell. Dr Aung also teaches in the Year 4C program in South Gippsland.

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