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 …

INTRODUCTION: General practice is under-represented in student career choices. This
study aimed to identify and explore factors that influence the attitudes of final year medical …

Background Despite concerns about recruitment to UK general practice, there has been no
concerted educational intervention to address them. Aim To better understand how medical …

Recruitment and retention in general practice is a national issue. We used two qualitative
methods to examine the attitudes of final year medical students to general practice as a …

Australia will continue to face a general practitioner (GP) shortage unless a significant
number of medical students make general practice their chosen career. Perceptions …

Background Against the background of the recruitment crisis in general practice, we aimed
to determine what United Kingdom (UK) medical students value in their future careers, how …

• A comparison across medical schools to see how the differing community curricula
influenced attitudes towards general practice as a career.• Follow-up of graduates to see if a …

BACKGROUND: The stimuli for this work came from the need to identify and understand the
origin of students' attitudes towards general practice in the context of undergraduate …

Background A shortage of general practitioners (GPs) is common to many European
countries. To counteract this, it is essential to understand the factors that encourage or …

Background A key element of the NHS is universal access to a GP. Recently, UK general
practice has been described as being in crisis, with training places unfilled and multiple …