Background There is a decline in the relative numbers of general practitioners in Germany.
Earlier research showed that the professional relationship between general practitioners …

Background Due to the new licensing regulations for physicians, social and communicative
aspects have attained a central position within medical education. In developing self …

Professional identity formation has become a key focus for medical education, but there is
still much to learn about how to help students develop their professional identity. At a time …

Abstract Background In Finland, public health care is the responsibility of primary health
care centres, which render a wide range of community level preventive, curative and …

Objective To explore the views of sick doctors on the obstacles preventing them returning to
work. Design Qualitative study. Setting Single participating centre recruiting doctors from all …

The ageing population and push to community care has significantly increased the workload
of General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK and internationally. In an attempt to tackle this, NHS …

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: To be able to counter the increasing shortage of general practitioners (GPs) in
many countries, it is crucial to remain up-to-date with the decisive reasons why young …

Objective Becoming a doctor involves transforming a lay person into a medical professional,
which is known as professional socialisation. However, few studies have clarified …

Objective: Positive attitudes towards General Practice can be understood as a prerequisite
for becoming a General Practitioner (GP) and for collaboration with GPs later on. This study …