Adults Knowledge and Attitude of Family Medicine Practice in Saudi Arabia

Ayed, Adil Ali

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“…In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), FM practice became a recognized specialty because of increasing cases of morbidity and mortality due to preventable diseases (17). That is why there is an urgent need to train as many family medicine practitioners as possible to deal with these cases (17). Studies from KSA have shown that more attention is required at all levels of FM in order to produce an adequate number of family physicians to improve the academic aspects and the services provided by FM in the country (18,19,20).…”

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Saudi University Students’ Awareness and Attitude towards Family Medicine Specialty

Desouky¹,

Turkistani²,

Althobaiti³

2018

ME-JFM

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university students' awareness and attitude towards family medicine specialty. AbstractBackground: Worldwide, there is shortage of family medicine (FM) specialists and disinterest of medical students in choosing FM as a career. Saudi Arabia is facing the same problem.Objectives: The aim of this study was to know the magnitude of knowledge and attitude of Saudi medical and non-medical students towards FM specialty.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 708 students of Taif University using a self-administered questionnaire about socio-demographic factors, knowledge and attitude towards FM specialty.Results: Medical students showed a significant higher percentage of students who saw that FM specialty has an essential social function, has a pleasant working environment, has a high social status, is an attractive option for a medical students, is an interesting specialty from a research perspective, and is an important specialty in: disease prevention/Health promotion, familyfocused health care, bio-psychosocial focus of health care, collaboration with other sectors, team work, bioethics, and urgent care. Only 6% of medical students chose FM as a future career, and the most common factor influencing the specialty preferences was the good working condition and the quality of life. Female students and older grades showed a significant higher percentage of students choosing FM as a future career. For all participants, the study reflects the bad reputation about FM specialty regarding its status within the medical profession, scientific prestige and salary.Conclusion: Medical students had better knowledge and perception of family medicine compared to non-medical students, but they had low interest in choosing it as a future career.

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