The positive impact of students in general practice clerkships in rural Germany: diverging views of students, general practitioners, and practice assistants in a prospective survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruiting and retention of teaching practices is challenging. Although GP teaching physicians are predominantly intrinsically motivated, the time required for teaching is often cited as a barrier. Practice teams could benefit, if the students' learning in practice is optimized in such a way that there is also a noticeable positive impact in daily work. To inform this, we explored students', general practitioners' (GPs) and practice assistants' (PAs) views on the positive impact that students could have during a general practice clerkship (GPC). We asked participants and teaching practices of the "Excellent Summer", a GPC project in rural Bavaria.

Methods

Based on a qualitative survey, we developed a questionnaire with 12 items rating the potential benefits of stu

SUBMITTER: Blank W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403355 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature