The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being, education and clinical practice of general practice trainees and trainers: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has changed General Practice (GP) education as well as GP clinical activities. These changes have had an impact on the well-being of medical trainees and the role of GP plays in the society. We have therefore aimed to investigate the impact that COVID-19 has had on GP trainees and trainers in four domains: education, workload, practice organization and the role of GP in society.

Design

a cross-sectional study design was used.

Methods

The Interuniversity Centre for the Education of General Practitioners sent an online survey with close-ended and open-ended questions to all GP trainees and trainers in Flanders, active in the period March - September 2020. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze the quantitative data and thematic analysis for

SUBMITTER: Coenen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8857395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature