General practitioner teachers' job satisfaction and their medical students' wish to join the field - a correlational study.

ABSTRACT:

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 inte

SUBMITTER: Meli DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3997967 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature