Predictors of a positive attitude of medical students towards general practice - a survey of three Bavarian medical faculties.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Germany is witnessing an increasing shortage of general practitioners (GPs). The aim was to determine predictors of the job-related motivation of medical students of three medical faculties with different institutionalisation of general practice as an academic discipline.

Methods

Medical students were surveyed with a standardised questionnaire about their attitudes towards general practice and their motivation to work as a GP in different working conditions. Predictors for positive attitudes and motivation were calculated using logistic regression models.

Results

940 (15.2%) out of 6182 medical students from three Bavarian medical faculties participated in an online survey. 585 (62.7%) were female, and the average age was 25.0 (standard deviation 3.7). The a

SUBMITTER: Schneider A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3839073 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature