BackgroundIncreasing access to General Practice (GP) work experience placements for school students is a strategy for improving GP recruitment despite limited evidence and concerns surrounding equity of access to GP experiences.AimsTo examine the association between undertaking GP experience and the perceptions of GP as an appealing future career among prospective medical applicants. To identify socioeconomic factors associated with obtaining GP experience.Design & settingCross-sectional questionnaire study in the United Kingdom.MethodParticipants were UK residents aged 16 or older and seriously considering applying to study medicine in 2019/2020. They were invited to take part via the University Clinical Aptitude Test. Questionnaire data were analysed using a linear regression of GP appeal on GP experience adjusting for career motivations and demographics, and a logistic regression of GP experience on measures of social capital and demographics.ResultsOf 6,391 respondents, 4,031 were in their last year of school. GP experience predicted GP appeal after adjusting for career motivation and demographics (b=0.365, SE =0.06 p<0.00001). GP experience was more common among students at private (OR =1.65, 95% CI=1.31–2.08; P<0.0001) or grammar schools (OR =1.33, 95% CI =1.02–1.72; P=0.03) and in the highest socioeconomic group (OR =1.62, 95% CI =1.28–2.05; P<0.0001) and less likely among students of ‘Other’ ethnicity (OR =0.37, 95% CI =0.20–0.67; P=0.0011).ConclusionHaving GP experience prior to medical school was associated with finding GP appealing, which supports its utility in recruitment. Applicants from more deprived backgrounds were less likely to have had a GP experience, possibly through lack of accessible opportunities.

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The present study analyzes the projection of ideologies in Indian and Pakistani newspapers on the issue of Kashmir regarding Burhan Wani’s death. The study conducts the content analysis of newspaper articles Indian newspaper Times of India and Pakistani Dawn from the 8th of July 2016 to the 15th of July 2016. Articles have the potential to shape opinions and convey ideologies. In order to investigate the issue, this study explores the ideological representation in the discourse through the schematic and thematic level of discourse analysis. Van Dijk’s model (1988), “Structure of News in Press,” is applied to this research article. For this purpose, qualitative methods of data collection and analysis are used. Finally, it brings the results that article writers construct and form ideologies of the in-group, and the newspaper owners influence their ideologies. Analyzing articles from both newspapers reveals that articles cannot be treated as objective opinion pieces but as representative of their respective ideologies. Keywords: Kashmir, daily Dawn, Pakistan, Time of India, Burhan Wani

Rugby is a contact sport played in Pakistan and worldwide at domestic, national and international level. Rugby union forwards and backs bear differences in anthropometric characteristics which are important while the assortment of players in the team. Objective: To describe anthropometric characteristics of Pakistan rugby union players and differences in anthropometric characteristics of forwards and backs. Methods: It was an observational study / cross sectional survey. Study was compiled at RCRS after data collection from players. Convenient sampling technique was used and 52 players were enrolled. Standiometer, Digital weight scale, Skinfold caliper and retractable steel tape was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. Results: Mean weight of forwards was 94.3 ± 12.1 kg while that of backs was 71.2 ± 12.0 kg. The mean of the sum of the eight skinfold measurements of forwards was 150.9 ± 24.9 mm, and that of backs was 93.5 ± 33.9 mm. Mean body fat percentage of forwards was 19.2 ± 2.9 %, while backs have 12.4 ± 4.5 %. Mean fat mass of forwards was 18.2 ± 4.4 kg, and of backs was 9.1 ± 4.94 kg. Conclusions: Rugby union forwards and backs have significant differences in anthropometric characteristics with respect to body weight, skinfold thickness, girth measurement, and body fat percentage, all higher among forwards. No difference was observed in age and stretch stature.