Quick wins or eat the frog? How GPs prioritise their day

Today, we’re speaking to Andrew McClarey, who works as a GP and Education co-ordinator Lead for General Practice in the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors.

Title of paper: “Quick wins” vs “eating the frog”: Exploring general practitioners’ prioritisation dilemmas

Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0628

Link to tactical decision making games: https://archive.johs.org.uk/article/doi/10.54531/svvw4195

This is the first study to look at the factors which experienced GPs consider when prioritising their acute workload. Several themes have emerged which highlight the importance of prioritisation training in General Practice. These themes could be used to teach prioritisation decision making to GP registrars or in the creation of continuing professional development resources for experienced GPs.

Transcript

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Hi and welcome to BJ GP Interviews. I'm Nada Khan and I'm one of the Associate editors of the Journal. Thanks for listening to this podcast today.

In today's episode, we're speaking to Dr. Andrew McClary.

Andrew is a GP partner and he also works as Education Coordinator, Lead for General Practice in the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors. We're here today to discuss the paper that he's recently published in the bjjp.

And the paper is titled Quick Wins versus Eating the Frog, Exploring general practitioners Prioritization dilemmas. So, hi, Andrew, it's really nice to meet you.