Perception of medical students towards serving rural people: A study from central India

Choudhary, Yachana; Dubey, Manju; Toppo, Manju; Pal, D. K.

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181237

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“…In the present study, 78.9% students belonging to rural areas showed interest to join rural health services compared to 57.8% belonging to urban area. This finding is similar to findings by Bartwal et al, 4 Choudhary et al 5 and Saini et al 6 which showed that rural background students were more likely to practice in rural areas.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…More females (68%) were inclined to work in rural areas as compared to males (57.6%) in the present study while Bartwal et al 4 and Choudhary et al 5 reported opposite findings in their respective studies.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Factors which promotes students to work in rural health of Uttarakhand had statistically significant association which is similar to findings by other studies. [4][5][6][7][8] In our study, reasons for non-willingness to work in rural Uttarakhand were limited infrastructure in health facilities, delay in post-graduation, limited professional growth, less salary, lack of recreational facilities, connectivity with cities not good and isolation from family, relatives and medical colleagues. All these reasons had statistically significant difference which had also been reported by studies of Saini et al 6 in NCR region, Jain et al 2 in Chhattisgarh, Bartwal et al 4 in Uttarakhand region and other similar studies conducted in various regions of the world.…”

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Perception of medical student regarding factors influencing the decision to serve in rural health services of Uttarakhand

Yadav¹,

Gupta²,

Gupta³

et al. 2020

JPMHH

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Background: Many countries in the developing world are plagued with challenges of inadequate and inequitable distribution of the health workforce. The Paucity of qualified health workers in rural areas is a critical challenge for India's Health Sector. In view of the continuing challenges of Physician shortage in India, an understanding of our medical students' attitude and perception towards rural medical practices is essential for appropriate planning of human resources. Objective: To assess the attitude and perception of medical students towards rural medical practices and identified the associated factors in order to fill these information gaps. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 282 MBBS students of the Government Medical College in Uttarakhand state, India. First, Third and Fifth semesters MBBS students were the study participants. Participants were enrolled by convenient sampling method. Ethical approval was sought and obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Software Version 22. Result: Among 282 MBBS Students, 68% females showed willingness to work in rural area compared to 57.6% of males. All the reasons for willingness as well as non-willingness to work in rural areas of Uttarakhand had statistically significant difference. Conclusion: Medical student's attitude and perception to work in rural health services need much improvement towards positive side by intervention and implementation by joint collaborative efforts of Medical Education Department, Health department and State Government.

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Perception of medical student regarding factors influencing the decision to serve in rural health services of Uttarakhand

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Gupta³

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“…Important hurdles included a lack of confidence or experience and the non-availability of senior/experienced doctors' support in the management of patients. Similar findings were also enumerated in a study conducted by Choudhary et al [ 12 ]. A study by Singh conducted in India revealed that undergraduate medical students preferred to do postgraduate courses because they felt that they could not manage patients with the inadequate knowledge they acquired as undergraduates [ 13 ].…”

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A Study on the Attitude and Perception of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Students Regarding Post-MBBS Compulsory Service Bond in Uttar Pradesh, India

Tiwari,

Mishra,

Singh

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Background To increase the availability of doctors in the public healthcare delivery system, the state government of Uttar Pradesh, India, has implemented a two-year compulsory service bond since 2018. Students of the 2018 batch are going to complete their Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2023 and are supposed to serve through this bond. There are many dilemmas in the minds of medical students regarding their compulsory service bond. Hence, there is a need to know their attitude and perceptions regarding the compulsory service bond. This study was conducted to assess the attitude and perception of undergraduate medical students toward compulsory service bonds. Methods This was a mixed-method study conducted in July-September 2022 among undergraduate medical students at Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. For quantitative data, a structured questionnaire was developed using Google Forms (Google LLC, Mountain View, California, United States) and circulated via WhatsApp (Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, California, United States) through the random sampling method. Focused group discussions were carried out to collect the qualitative data. Result Regarding the compulsory service bond after MBBS, 100 (31.8%) medical students were found to be interested and 56 (17.8%) were disinterested. The majority (n=158; 50.4%) of participants were neutral, while 278 (88.6%) medical students perceived it as an opportunity to help poor people. Higher possibilities of social recognition and respect were some noticeable perceptions of 243 (77.4%) MBBS students. Lack of confidence to tackle serious cases without a senior doctor’s supervision was perceived as an important hurdle by 286 (91%) participants. Non-availability of advanced medical facilities, issues like the safety of doctors, and the lack of availability of electricity, roads, and infrastructure were also perceived as hurdles. Conclusions and recommendations Students perceived the compulsory service bond as an opportunity if met with certain conditions like a transparent method of posting and basic facilities or an incentive for accommodation and transportation. The compulsory service bond for addressing the shortfall of doctors in the public healthcare delivery system may be more effective if these hurdles are corrected and certain opportunities are met, as mentioned in the present study. This will help the government move smoothly towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

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“…Factors expressed by students which promotes them to work in Rural health service of Uttarakhand were job security (68.5%), willingness to contribute to better health of the state (90.5%), good exposure for general practice (57.5%), building confidence as clinician (67.4%). Similar finding were elicited by studies done by Saini NK 10 , Chudhary Y 12 and Ossai E 13 . In current study, 83.3% expressed that duration of posting to rural health services should be reduced to 2 years which was also seen in Ugandan study.…”

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Assessment of attitude and perception of medical students towards rural health services in hilly region of Uttarakhand

Gupta¹,

Yadav²,

Piyush³

et al. 2019

IJFCM

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Introduction: There is acute shortage of efficient health care providers especially doctors in rural areas of our country. As per Census 2011 approximately 70% of Indian population resides in rural areas and hence possess a major challenge for the government as well policy makers to ensure availability of doctors in peripheral health post situated in rural and hard to reach areas of country. Objective: To explore the Attitude and Perception of medical students towards rural health services in hilly region of Uttrakhand. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 282 MBBS students of 1 st , 3 rd and 5 th Semesters of Government Medical College of Uttarakhand. A predesigned, pretested, self-administered questionnaire was administered to the participants for data collection. Data was entered and analysed with SPSS software. Result: Among 282 MBBS Students, 64% showed interest to work in rural area. 68% females showed willingness to work in rural area compared to 57.6% of males and 78.9% study Participants belonging to rural areas showed interest to join rural health services compared to 57.8% belonging to urban area. Reasons identified for non-willingness to work in rural areas were less salary (73%), limited infrastructures in health facilities (92.6%), Delay in Post-Graduation (85.8%), limited scope of professional growth (85.1%), lack of educational opportunities for children and family amenities (84.4%), lack of recreational facilities in rural area (71.6%) and remote location areas (77.7%) and less opportunity to interact with colleagues of medical field (69.1%). Conclusion: Medical student's attitude and perception to work in rural health services need much improvement towards positive side by intervention and implementation by joint collaborative efforts of Medical Education Department, Health department and State Government.

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Perception of medical students towards serving rural people: A study from central India

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Perception of medical student regarding factors influencing the decision to serve in rural health services of Uttarakhand

Perception of medical student regarding factors influencing the decision to serve in rural health services of Uttarakhand

A Study on the Attitude and Perception of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Students Regarding Post-MBBS Compulsory Service Bond in Uttar Pradesh, India

Assessment of attitude and perception of medical students towards rural health services in hilly region of Uttarakhand

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