Medical applicant general practice experience and career aspirations: a questionnaire study.

ABSTRACT: Increasing access to general practice work experience placements for school students is a strategy for improving general practice recruitment, despite limited evidence and concerns surrounding equity of access to general practice experiences. To examine the association between undertaking general practice experience and the perceptions of general practice as an appealing future career among prospective medical applicants. To identify socioeconomic factors associated with obtaining general practice experience. Cross-sectional questionnaire study in the UK. Participants were UK residents aged ≥16 years and seriously considering applying to study medicine in 2019/2020. They were invited to take part via the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). Questionnaire data were analysed using a lin

SUBMITTER: Agravat P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278503 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature