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Davison, Ian, McManus, Chris and Brown, Celia A. (2020) Factors affecting recruitment into General Practice : a double binary choice approach. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 25 . pp. 563-579. doi:10.1007/s10459-019-09938-w ISSN 1382-4996.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-019-09938-w
Abstract
Recruitment to General Practice (GP) is currently low in many countries. Here we focus on two binary choices for junior doctors: first, whether to apply to GP; second, whether to accept a GP training place if offered. Previous attitudinal studies have indicated factors claimed to affect recruitment. The current study goes further by quantifying the relative impact of different factors on the propensity of candidates to apply to GP and accept a training place. An online questionnaire was sent to candidates applying to United Kingdom (UK) specialty training in 2015. Descriptive statistics and a path analysis evaluated the importance of various factors on GP applications. Our results were synthesised with an analysis of data from the online applications portal. With 3838 candidates responding to the survey, the path analysis showed that personality and previous GP experiences were strongly associated with the decision to apply. There was some evidence that it was easier to enter GP than other specialties; in terms of deciding whether to accept, the evidence suggests GP was a backup plan for around 9% of candidates who accepted a GP post. Our results indicate that recruitment initiatives should focus on candidates who apply to GP but not as first choice or consider GP but do not apply, particularly by providing substantial experience of GP and accentuating the positives of the specialty such as work-life balance and the intellectual challenge of working with patients in primary care. Acceptance of a GP place may also depend on competition for places in other specialties.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Physicians (General practice) -- Great Britain, Physicians -- Recruiting , Physicians -- Discipline, Family medicine -- Great Britain | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Advances in Health Sciences Education | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1382-4996 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | August 2020 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 25 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 563-579 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10459-019-09938-w | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Advances in Health Sciences Education. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-019-09938-w | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 September 2019 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 November 2019 | ||||||||||||
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