The crisis in rural GP obstetrics can be averted by tackling concerns about isolation, work-life balance and patient safety, a program in Victoria demonstrates. A training and support program run for GP obstetricians by Southern GP Training has reversed the decline in GP obstetricians, with numbers increasing from 31 in 2007 to 39 in 2014, according to a report in the Medical Journal of Australia. A survey of GPs involved in the Gippsland program showed one of the main challenges to recruitment was professional isolation, with fears that distance from specialist services and access to assistance would impair their ability to manage difficult situations. Another factor in GPs' decision to practise rural obstetrics was safety, largely based around concerns about having the competence and...
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