Fostering student motivation towards community healthcare: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated what kinds of experiences influence regional quota (chiikiwaku) medical students' motivation to practice community healthcare (CH), and the mechanism of this influence, by focusing on their experiences in a community-based medical education (CBME) programme.

Design

A qualitative thematic analysis based on interviews.

Setting

Participants were recruited from the chiikiwaku students of Kobe University, Japan, using purposive sampling.

Participants

Fourteen students participated. The median (IQR) age of participants was 23 (23-24); half were sixth-year and half fifth-year students.

Analysis

From September to December 2018, the interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed according to the 'Step

SUBMITTER: Yahata S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797248 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature