Attitude of medical students towards general practice and general practitioners.

摘要: BACKGROUND: The stimuli for this work came from the need to identify and understand origin of students' attitudes towards general practice in context undergraduate curriculum reform concerns about recruitment. AIM: To evaluate medical students as a specialty practitioners (GPs) doctors explore factors influencing intended career choice. DESIGN OF STUDY: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Final-year at two London schools. METHOD: Questionnaires were distributed 984 results analysed using SPSS analysis. RESULTS: mean response rate was 72% (700/984). Medical had positive attitude (mean Likert score = 3.90/5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.86 3.94) GPs 3.62/5, CI 3.59 3.66). They rated personal experience most important factor their attitude. Students' more (P<0.001) fifth year. First-year perceived media have role than those year(P<0.001). General only option significantly increase popularity between first final year(P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: end years with has been reported elsewhere recently. This may be partially explained by greater contact suggests that efforts schools ensure balanced, community-based promotes practice. influence on school requiresfurther investigation.