Meli, Damian; Ng Meli, Angie; Singer, Sarah; Frey, Peter; Schaufelberger, Mireille (2014). General practitioner teachers’ job satisfaction and their medical students' wish to join the field – a correlational study. BMC family practice, 15(1), p. 50. BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2296-15-50
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Background
There will be increasing competition for young physicians worldwide as more and more physicians retire. While enthusiasm towards GP work is important for GP teachers as role models, satisfaction within the profession has declined. This study aims to determine if medical students’ desire to become GPs is related to the job satisfaction of their teaching GPs and explore the factors tied to this job satisfaction.
Methods
In this cross-sectional, correlational study, teaching GPs of the University of Bern and the fourth year medical students completing internships with them filled in separate questionnaires.
Results
Whether or not the GP teacher is perceived by a student to be satisfied with her/his job is correlated to that student’s satisfaction with the internship, which in turn, is correlated with student’s wish to be a GP after the internship. Results show which factors are most related to GP job satisfaction and the effect of working hours and their composition.
Conclusions
Medical students’ perception of their GP teachers’ job satisfaction positively affect their wish to become GPs, and their satisfaction with their internships adds to this. Enhancing the positive aspects of GP work, such as recognition, and improving negative ones, such as administrative duties, are necessary to attract medical students into the GP field.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Meli, Damian, Ng Meli, Angie, Singer, Sarah (A), Frey, Peter, Schaufelberger, Mireille |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1471-2296 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Thierry Gnahoré |
Date Deposited: |
01 Sep 2014 15:36 |
Last Modified: |
06 Dec 2023 19:01 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/1471-2296-15-50 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Clerkship, Teaching, General Practice, Job satisfaction, Medical students |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.54903 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/54903 |
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