The GP experience

Frontline medicine

Only about 5% of medicine happens in hospitals.

While there is an increasing focus on preventative healthcare and managing chronic disease a GP’s patient encounters include a variety medical decision making and often mean handling more than one issue per visit.

A snapshot of patient encounters

  • 43% involve more than one issue
  • 17% include procedures
  • 34% involve clinical treatments
  • 55% of problems don’t require medication
  • 9% require referral to specialists
  • 18% have pathology ordered
  • 9% have imaging ordered
  • 41% of patients are under 45 years old
  • and check ups are one of the top 5 reasons for seeing a GP

Lifestyle advantages

  • Work pretty much anywhere and enjoy the climate, environment and community that suits you
  • Control over your free time, no unsociable shiftwork and on-call duties can be minimal or zero
  • The easiest medical career to pursue part-time or structure around family and your other interests