ArticleLondon journal of primary care2014
Medical students' attitudes towards general practice and factors affecting career choice: a questionnaire study.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors influencing UK medical students' choice of general practice: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2026Pooled it
- Addressing the crisis of GP recruitment and retention: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017Pooled it
- Theories and theoretical frameworks used in general practice career choice research: a scoping review.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- General practice prestige: understanding medical students' perceptions - a repeated cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Factors influencing medical students career intentions in Flanders, Estonia, and Hungary: a multivariable analysis.BJGP open · 2025Article
- Registrars as teachers: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of Australian general practice registrars in teaching roles.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Attitudes towards career choice and general practice: a cross-sectional survey of medical students and residents in Tyrol, Austria.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Understanding of 'generalist medical practice' in South African medical schools.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Preparing future general practitioners: the effects of individual, familial, and institutional characteristics.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Medical students' attitudes towards and views of general practice careers in Singapore: a cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis.BMC medical education · 2022Article
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- UK medical students' attitudes towards their future careers and general practice: a cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis of an Oxford cohort.BMC medical education · 2018Article
- Attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards a career in general practice: a qualitative focus group study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017Article
- Private or salaried practice: how do young general practitioners make their career choice? A qualitative study.BMC medical education · 2016Article
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Abstract
Background The current issue of general practice recruitment is a significant challenge and concern. In order to address this, it is vital to understand medical students' attitudes towards general practice and what influences their choice of intended career. Method We used a questionnaire study to examine these attitudes across all years at Imperial College Medical School and to understand what a group of London medical students' current intended career choices were. Results We found that only 13% of students ranked general practice as their first choice career despite having a generally realistic and positive attitude towards the speciality. They highlighted that the main influence on future career choice was interest in the specific speciality and that lifestyle factors did not seem to be so important. Conclusion Exposure to general practice, primary care research and student GP societies might play some part in increasing interest, but more work is needed to understand why students are rejecting general practice and what we can do collectively to attract students into choosing a career in primary care.
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