Exploring Doctors' Emerging Commitment to Rural and General Practice Roles over Their Early Career.

ABSTRACT: Producing enough doctors working in general practice or rural locations, or both, remains a key global policy focus. However, there is a lack of evidence about doctors' emerging commitment to these decisions. This study aimed to explore changes in the level of certainty about career interest in working in general practice and working rurally, as doctors pass through various early career stages. The participants were 775 eligible respondents to a 2019 survey of medical graduates of The University of Queensland from 2002-2018. Certainty levels of specialty choice were similar between GPs and specialists up until the beginning of registrar training. At that point, 65% of GPs compared with 80% of other specialists had strong certainty of their specialty field. Consistently (and significantly)

SUBMITTER: McGrail M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8619547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature