Career orientation and its impact factors of general practitioners in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand the career orientation and impact factors of general practitioners (GPs) in Shanghai.

Design

A cross-sectional study was carried out from August 2014 to December 2015 using the Career Orientations Inventory (short form).

Setting and participants

We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1159 GPs, of which 1067 (92.06%) completed the assessment tools, from 223 community healthcare centres in Shanghai RESULTS: The top career orientation was organisational job security (71.60%), followed by technical competence (12.18%). Compared with female GPs, male GPs scored higher in managerial competence (p<0.001), creativity and entrepreneurship (p<0.001), and lower in organisational job security (p=0.034). Compared with GPs younger than 40, th

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443062 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature