Career destinations of graduates from a medical school with an 18-week longitudinal integrated clerkship in general practice: a survey of alumni 6 to 8 years after graduation.
Career choice
General practice
Medical education
Primary health care
Survey
Journal
Irish journal of medical science
ISSN: 1863-4362
Titre abrégé: Ir J Med Sci
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 7806864
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
03
07
2019
accepted:
16
05
2020
pubmed:
29
5
2020
medline:
9
3
2021
entrez:
29
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is a worldwide recruitment and retention crisis in general practice. Workforce planning has identified the need to train more general practitioners as an urgent priority. Exposure of medical students to general practice as part of the formal and hidden curriculum, the use of longitudinal integrated clerkships, and positive experiences and role models in general practice are all thought to be contributing factors to doctors choosing careers in general practice. The aim of this study was to identify career destinations of medical school graduates in a medical school with an 18-week longitudinal integrated clerkship in general practice. This study was conducted in a single graduate entry medical school at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Medical school alumni 6-8 years after graduation. A survey of graduating cohorts of the medical school from 2011 to 2013 was conducted through email and telephone. There were a total of 175 alumni for the period 2011 to 2013. Data was collected on 92% (161/175) through an online survey, follow-up email and telephone interview, and was triangulated with searches of professional registration databases and information from key informants. Between 6 and 8 years after graduation, a total of 43% of alumni were engaged in general practice as a career. The reform of the delivery of general practice within medical school curricula should be considered by medical schools, curriculum designers and policy-makers as part of an overall strategy to address the recruitment and retention of general practitioners as part of the global healthcare workforce.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
There is a worldwide recruitment and retention crisis in general practice. Workforce planning has identified the need to train more general practitioners as an urgent priority. Exposure of medical students to general practice as part of the formal and hidden curriculum, the use of longitudinal integrated clerkships, and positive experiences and role models in general practice are all thought to be contributing factors to doctors choosing careers in general practice.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to identify career destinations of medical school graduates in a medical school with an 18-week longitudinal integrated clerkship in general practice.
DESIGN AND SETTING
METHODS
This study was conducted in a single graduate entry medical school at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
PARTICIPANTS
METHODS
Medical school alumni 6-8 years after graduation.
METHOD
METHODS
A survey of graduating cohorts of the medical school from 2011 to 2013 was conducted through email and telephone.
RESULTS
RESULTS
There were a total of 175 alumni for the period 2011 to 2013. Data was collected on 92% (161/175) through an online survey, follow-up email and telephone interview, and was triangulated with searches of professional registration databases and information from key informants. Between 6 and 8 years after graduation, a total of 43% of alumni were engaged in general practice as a career.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The reform of the delivery of general practice within medical school curricula should be considered by medical schools, curriculum designers and policy-makers as part of an overall strategy to address the recruitment and retention of general practitioners as part of the global healthcare workforce.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32462491
doi: 10.1007/s11845-020-02260-0
pii: 10.1007/s11845-020-02260-0
pmc: PMC7846533
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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