UK medical students' attitudes towards their future careers and general practice: a cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis of an Oxford cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Against the background of the recruitment crisis in general practice, we aimed to determine what United Kingdom (UK) medical students value in their future careers, how they perceive careers in general practice (GP) and what influences them.

Methods

Cross-sectional survey of 280 final and penultimate year medical students at the University of Oxford, with questions relating to career choices, factors of importance when choosing a career and attitudes towards general practice as a career. Quantitative methods included cluster analysis, chi squared tests of independence and logistic regression analysis. Qualitative data were analysed thematically using the Framework method.

Results

Response rate was 89% (280/315). 40% of participants said that general practic

SUBMITTER: Barber S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030758 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature