Medical students' perception of general practice: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increase in the demand for general practitioners is expected in many countries, but only a minority of medical students consider a career in general practice. More detailed and up-to-date knowledge about medical student's perception of general practice would be helpful for efforts to encourage medical students to consider a career in general practice.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional single center survey among Dutch medical students to evaluate their perception of general practice at three different stages in their study: Ba1: first-year bachelor students; Ba3: third-year bachelor students; Ma3: third-year master students. The impact of different factors on their attitudes and perceptions was quantified. A multivariate logistic regression was performed wi

SUBMITTER: Pols DHJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912627 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature