Primary care in rural areas: a qualitative study on medical students' images and experiences of working in rural areas in southern Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural areas are increasingly moving back into the focus of social research, especially in the context of health care. As the shortage of general practitioners (GP) in rural areas is a significant challenge in Germany, there are several programs to counteract underuse effectively, acutely, and sustainably. One of those programs is 'Beste Landpartie Allgemeinmedizin' (BeLA), which was developed to strengthen primary care in rural areas and to sustainably promote young doctors to work as general practitioners in rural regions through didactical and financial support. The program includes an accompanying qualitative study exploring the motivational structures of medical students from a sociological perspective. For this study, the nexus of working in rural areas from the per

SUBMITTER: Gehrmann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648291 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature