Survey of GP Time Students at ARDEN UNIVERSITY: A Research Proposal

This research proposal explores the experiences and perspectives of GP time students at ARDEN UNIVERSITY. It aims to understand the current state of medical education and training within the UK context, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by aspiring General Practitioners. The research utilizes a descriptive approach, employing a structured questionnaire to gather primary data from a sample of 20 students. The findings will be analyzed to identify key themes and insights regarding the students' experiences, their perceptions of the GP training program, and their future aspirations. This research contributes to a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the UK healthcare system, particularly in relation to the training and development of future General Practitioners.

Research Proposal
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1. Introduction:................................................................................................................................3
2. Literature Review:.......................................................................................................................3
3. Methodology...............................................................................................................................4
Research Method outline.................................................................................................................5
3.1 Research Philosophy..............................................................................................................5
3.2 Research Approach................................................................................................................6
3.3 Research Design....................................................................................................................7
3.4 Data Collection Method and Data Analysis Technique........................................................8
4. Analysis and presentation of Primary Data................................................................................8
5. Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................8
6.Reflective observation of team working.......................................................................................9
References:......................................................................................................................................9
Appendix:......................................................................................................................................10
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1. Introduction
The main concept of this research is to discuss about the survey of GP time students at ARDEN
UNIVERSITY. GP means General Practitioners in healthcare system. General Practitioners
serves all common clinical problems and refers patients to the medical sector like hospital,
nursing home and other clinical sectors for special and urgent treatment. GP mainly focus on the
health of person combining social, psychological and physical characteristic of care. The
research proposal analyzed by critical literature reviews and different research methodology and
also timeline of research activity. It also analyzes the primary data of 20 response of survey. The
main and objective of this research is to understand the medical condition in UK context. This
research is mainly done by the 20 responses of ARDEN UNIVERSITY.
2. Literature review
In this section, researcher highlights the critical analysis and discussion about “The survey of
GP time students at ARDEN UNIVERSITY”. This topic will be critically analyzed by the
conceptual view of different authors and researcher. Secondary resource is utilized here to
generalize the importance, effectiveness of different factors of General Practitioners in healthcare
system. Different themes based on the General Practitioners will be discussed and analyzed to
bring the clarity of this research. Previous different research will be applicable here to compare
the different situation. This previous themes and research are helps to frame the overall
framework of implication of General Practitioners in health care system.
“Turner, G. and Clegg, A., 2014. Best practice guidelines for the management of frailty: a
British Geriatrics Society, Age UK and Royal College of General Practitioners report. Age and
ageing, 43(6), pp.744-747”.
This article is focused on the basic practice guidelines for the management of frailty. This
research was based on the British Geriatrics Society, age UK and Royal College of General
Practitioners report. According to the researcher, older people of UK basically get the facility of
health and social care services. However, many aged people who get this healthcare facility have
frailty, which describes the state of vulnerability. Researcher stated that, the response of existing
medical care to weakness is basically a secondary care which is reactive to the health crisis of
immobility, delirium and falls. Researcher highlights the necessity of community based,
centered person, integrated and proactive based reaction to frailty. This article is based on the
frailty recognition, frailty management, and screening for weakness or frailty. In this article,
researcher draws the attention of modern review of holistic medical which is depend on the
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principle of CGA. CGA is Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment recognized with frailty for the
aged people.
“Van Hecke, O., Austin, S.K., Khan, R.A., Smith, B.H. and Torrance, N., 2014. Neuropathic
pain in the general population: a systematic review of epidemiological studies. PAIN®, 155(4),
pp.654-662.”
In this article highlights about the Neuropathic pain in the general population, which is based on
the systematic review of epidemiological studies. According to the market survey, researcher
stated that, most of the patients have been suffered from the symptoms of neuropathic pain,
which referred to the specialist clinical diagnosis and assessment. This research is the first
analysis of epidemiological research about the Neuropathic pain in the general population. This
research is based on the survey data, which is collected from the month of January 1966 to the
month of December 2012. This research is mainly focus on the fact or generality of Neuropathic
pain. Researcher, in this research mentioned different range of Neuropathic characteristics. This
article is very informative to know about the Neuropathic pain in the general population of UK.
“Hay, R.J., Johns, N.E., Williams, H.C., Bolliger, I.W., Dellavalle, R.P., Margolis, D.J.,
Marks, R., Naldi, L., Weinstock, M.A., Wulf, S.K. and Michaud, C., 2014. The global burden
of skin disease in 2010: an analysis of the prevalence and impact of skin conditions. Journal
of Investigative Dermatology, 134(6), pp.1527-1534.”
In this article, researcher draws the attention of nearly 15 different kinds of skin disease for near
about 187 countries. Researcher works on this research and collected data from the year 1990 to
the year of 2010. Researcher mentioned various kinds of skin disease such as Non-melanoma
skin cancer, Molluscum contagiosum, fungal skin diseases, alopecia aerate, eczema etc. In this
section, researcher also highlights the top 10 skin diseases according to the market survey of
2010. In this article researcher strongly draws the attention of skin treatment and prevention of
skin disease in future strategy of global health.
3. Methodology
A research methodology is the section where researchers can draw the outline of the
project that should be followed in future. It involves the idea of quantitative and
qualitative techniques, phases, paradigm and theoretical model. For simplifying the
analysis, both primary and secondary data should be collected regarding proper research
methodology. According to the survey, it is noticeable that many participants are concern
about their health condition. However, this survey is basically based on only 20 sample.
The survey draws the outline of health consciousness of ARDEN UNIVERSITY.
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Research method outline
Structured or organized questionnaires were utilized as the very important tool of survey.
These questionnaires embraced explanatory and descriptive approach to develop medical service
to deliver best performance in their work field as well as achieve the objective of organization.
Researcher in this research used different types of sampling to collect and gathered relevant
response and data. These survey methods are used in referral sampling as well as convenience
sampling. Researcher has delivered different questionnaires based on this research by hand in
different organization to collect authentic data. The collected sample paper is very helpful for
further research. Additionally, this chosen technique or method is helpful for economies resource
as well as economies time.
3.1 Research Philosophy
Ledford and Gast (2018) has criticized that research philosophy means data collection
and analyzing the data. According to the researcher, research philosophy is categorized
into three sections such as realism, positivism and interpretivism.
Figure 1: Research Philosophy
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Research
Philosophy
Realis
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Positivism
Interpreti
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Realism philosophy is the philosophy or the idea that is derived from the man itself.
Positivism philosophy is all about the idea when observation and isolation phenomenon is
reasonable and Post-positivism is the updated version of this philosophy. Interpretivism is
derived from the real intervention as well as the subjective phenomenon, which is
understandable. After analyzing all these category, research has selected post-positivism
because it is worked on the real data. Real data were helpful for analyzing the status of real
information. This philosophy delivers the objectivity and real idea towards falsification and
confirmation of the selective position.
3.2 Research Approach
The great philosopher, Silverman has commented two different types of research approaches
that are deductive approach and inductive approach.
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Research
Approach
InductiveDeductive

Figure 2: Research Approach
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Humphries (2017) has stated that deductive approach is involved in measurable and
authentic data and in inductive approach, wants new data from observation. For this research
proposal, research has selected deductive approach because it works on the actual and
authentic data.
3.3 Research Design
Quinton and Simkin, (2017) has stated that there are four types of research designs such as
explanatory, descriptive, exploratory and confirmatory.
Figure 3: Research Design
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Research
Design
Explanatory
Exploratory
Confirmatory
Descriptive

Based on the research theme researcher has selected Descriptive research design (Aronsson,
2017). This design is a completely composed design that defines the opinions and
characteristic of the respondents. It also analyzes the specific question and hypothesis of the
study.
3.4 Data Collection Method and Data Analysis Technique
According to the research, data collection is work on the primary data as well as secondary
data both to complete this assignment and gather data have been analyzing the appliance of
a qualitative process.
4. Analysis and presentation of Primary Data
From the information gathered through primary data research, the data analysis part
demonstrates that the UK wellbeing framework is very much kept up. The GP said in the
overview, in spite of the fact that the UK's wellbeing framework has a dangerous
arrangement that could add to the generation of the business, that the advances utilized by
general specialists are helpful to defeat these issues viably. With continually evolving
strategies, procedures and capacities, and the degree and multifaceted nature of the part,
brilliant therapeutic care won't be simple. All in all, specialists experience issues in planning
arrangements and systems, sharing test outcomes and alluding to patients in their treatment
designs.
Income pressures were being faced in public and private health systems and margins were
declining for years. The pattern is relied upon to proceed as developing interest,
infrastructural overhauls, and remedial and mechanical advances to increment budgetary
assets that are as of now constrained. Thus, it is foreseen that expenses will be owing to
maturing and populace development, advertise extension, clinical and mechanical advances,
and rising work costs. As medicinal services costs emerge, reasonableness and protection
capacity are as yet risky. Medicinal services suppliers cooperate to get an upper hand.
The UK social healthcare industry is taking an interest in chance care coordination models
and keeps on moving far from the conventional administration charge framework (FFS).
Partners are moving from an incentive to estimate through change strategies, operational
productivity programs, the utilization of innovation, group wellbeing administration, welfare
and social wellbeing determinants. Because of the free advances, more proficient, effective
and available items. A few patterns that effect on the arrangement of medicinal care are that
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recovery of therapeutic care lacks by situation of regions, for example, engineered science,
3D printing and nanotechnology, and integral determination, among others. The healing
centers without bounds are taken through care, computerized advances and reconfiguration
of manufactured data, and enhanced ability improvement.
5. Conclusion
The core concept of the research, determine the impact of General Practitioners on the UK
students. The basic aim and objective of this research is to collect data from survey and
analyzed the gather data. Based on this analysis, researcher can identify the overall impact
and awareness of General Practitioners on the UK students. The overall project is based on
the six sections. Each section draws the importance of own prospective. Introduction section
defines the overall concept about the GP in healthcare system. Literature review highlights
the critical analysis and discussion of the topic based on the previous research. Methodology
defines the different research methodology, which is helps to analyze this research. Analysis
and presentation of primary data study the collected data based on the student’s sample and
the other part is reflective observation of team working which is discuss about the
observation of team working presentation.
6. Reflective observation of team working
Team working is mainly a group working where everyone has different role and
combination of this role can fulfill the objective of the research. This research will
critically reflect on the activity of leadership, management changing and teamwork.
From this working process it is observed that leaders are very responsive in order to
increase the awareness or concern and changes where necessary. Decision making
activity also draws special attention in this teamwork.
This group is the form of 5 students. Each student has different role. Two students
collected relevant data based on the research topic; other students analyze the data and
another student’s plays role of leader. The role of leader is to formulate the every step of
this research and implemented accordingly. During research, they face many challenges
or obstacles. Challenges in this research are based on the response of the participants.
Therefore data set can be biased or error. Another issue is the collected data based on
only 20 response so collected information is very limited. Students could not get proper
response from the participants. Therefore, to overcome these challenges, leader had to
apply many strategies and change the workplace. Another issue they faced that they are
very small number of member but these all things they took as a challenge and provides
fruitful outcome of this research.
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7. Reference
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Marks, R., Naldi, L., Weinstock, M.A., Wulf, S.K. and Michaud, C., 2014. The global
burden of skin disease in 2010: an analysis of the prevalence and impact of skin
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8. Appendix
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