Participants also preferred to consult an HP who was familiar with their history or who was perceived to have higher levels of medical qualifications.
*Adjusted relative odds of high impact outcome rather than low impact outcome adjusted for sex, years since primary medical qualification, medical specialty, source of inquiry, type of inquiry, and content of allegations (allegation type was not included at triage stage).
The lead clinician may have a higher degree in an appropriate medical specialty or, especially in smaller rural hospitals, may still have a general medical qualification.
And hey, maybe even you could get yourself a medical qualification if you play your cards right.
Confounding variables included years since primary medical qualification, world region of primary medical qualification and specialty.
Almost all of them have recognized allopathic medical qualification.
This means applying about fifteen months after medical qualification.
Variables included the doctors' sex, year of qualification, and whether their first medical qualification was obtained in the UK.
This included sex, age, years in practice since primary medical qualification and membership status with PAN.
