General practice tasters for foundation doctors

Sales, Bryony; Masding, Mike; Scallan, Samantha

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“…Our findings accord with those showing positive exposure to GP is associated with career interest in the specialty, though almost all of this was done at undergraduate (4) or postgraduate level (13,14) rather than prior to university entry, adding novelty to our findings.…”

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Medical applicant general practice experience and career aspirations: a questionnaire study

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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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Medical applicant general practice experience and career aspirations: a questionnaire study

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Interventions to attract medical students to a career in primary health care services in the European Union and peripheral countries: a scoping review

de Oliveira,

Dussault

2024

Hum Resour Health

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Background In the European Union and peripheral countries, the availability of physicians working in primary health care services (PHCS) varies greatly and all countries report shortages and difficulties in recruiting more. The broad consensus that giving access to PHCS to all is a policy priority, reinforced by the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, implies that a sufficient fit-for-purpose workforce is available. This article focuses on physicians and reports on what countries have done, and with what success, to attract more medical students to a career in PHCS. MethodsWe conducted a scoping review of articles in PubMed and Cochrane Library, and of grey literature in websites of international agencies, think-tanks, international non-governmental organizations, and European Commissionfunded projects, published between January 2018 and February 2024. ResultsThe search retrieved 1,143 records, of which 45 were eligible for the scoping review; 25 focused on medical students. The documents report interventions in 12 countries, 14 by individual education institutions, mostly in the form of exposure of diverse duration to general/family practice in the medical curriculum (specific modules, residencies, rotations, placements, mentorship), and 11 policy interventions at national level, such as increases in the number of training places for primary health care (PHC) specialties and improvement of working conditions. ConclusionAccessible PHCS require the availability of a fit-for-purpose workforce of multiprofessional teams, in which specially trained physicians play a central role. To address shortages, many countries increased training opportunities, a necessary step, but not sufficient. More students must accept to opt for a PHC specialty, in a context of competition with other fields of practice also in need of more students, such as public health, geriatrics, or mental health. Success requires the collaboration of numerous actors, including professional councils and organizations, and regulation bodies that specialists tend to dominate. By making PHCS a political and policy priority, decision-makers can help make attraction more effective, but to do so, they need access to convincing evidence and information on good practices that only research can produce.

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General practice tasters for foundation doctors

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Medical applicant general practice experience and career aspirations: a questionnaire study

Medical applicant general practice experience and career aspirations: a questionnaire study

Interventions to attract medical students to a career in primary health care services in the European Union and peripheral countries: a scoping review

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