Barriers to practicing General Practice in rural areas - Results of a qualitative pre-post-survey about medical students during their final clinical year.

ABSTRACT: Objective: At the end of the Practical Year (PY), medical students decide on a specialization. Individual motivational factors and barriers play a central role in the choice of the subsequent subject area and the place of establishment (city/country). The aim of this study was to document the barriers of PY students within the General Practice (GP) tertiary elective over time. Methodology: Two guided interviews were conducted with each participant (N=19) as part of qualitative process monitoring - a pre-interview at the start and a post-interview after completion of the PY. Evaluation of the interviews was based on Grounded Theory. Results: 13 barriers could be deduced from the 38 interviews. The most frequently cited barriers were "expected workload", "recreational op

SUBMITTER: Ludwig K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278231 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature