Job satisfaction criteria to improve general practitioner recruitment: a Delphi consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical general practitioner (GP) workforce is decreasing. Many studies have analysed the negative aspects of the profession but, few examine the positive aspects and job satisfaction. A European collaborative group including 8 participating countries recently conducted a qualitative study to analyse the positive factors and found 31 job satisfaction factors.

Objectives

To determine which of these 31 factors are important and applicable to future policies to improve family medicine attractiveness, recruitment, and retention in France.

Method

The Delphi consensus method was chosen. Two Delphi rounds were conducted in March-April 2017 and retained satisfaction factors with at least 70% of scores ≥7. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) was used to rank thes

SUBMITTER: Le Floch B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324324 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature