Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice

Background: During the last decade medical students from most Western countries have shown little interest in family practice. Understanding the factors that influence medical students to choose family medicine is crucial. Objective. To systematically review and synthesize published evidence about m...

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Autores: Selva, Anna|||0000-0002-2754-3158, Martín Zurro, Amando, Jiménez Villa, Josep|||0000-0002-2560-0833, Monreal Hijar, Antonio, Mundet-Tudurí, Xavier|||0000-0002-0318-8657, Otero Puime, Ángel|||0000-0001-7967-4961, Mas Dalmau, Gemma|||0000-0003-3720-0797, Alonso-Coello, Pablo|||0000-0002-8001-8504
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/1472-6920-12-81
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Palabra clave:Attitudes
Family practice
Perceptions
Qualitative research
Review
Students, Medical
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spelling Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practiceA qualitative research synthesisSelva, Anna|||0000-0002-2754-3158Martín Zurro, AmandoJiménez Villa, Josep|||0000-0002-2560-0833Monreal Hijar, AntonioMundet-Tudurí, Xavier|||0000-0002-0318-8657Otero Puime, Ángel|||0000-0001-7967-4961Mas Dalmau, Gemma|||0000-0003-3720-0797Alonso-Coello, Pablo|||0000-0002-8001-8504AttitudesFamily practicePerceptionsQualitative researchReviewStudents, MedicalBackground: During the last decade medical students from most Western countries have shown little interest in family practice. Understanding the factors that influence medical students to choose family medicine is crucial. Objective. To systematically review and synthesize published evidence about medical students' attitudes and perceptions towards family practice. Methods. A qualitative systematic review. The literature search was undertaken in July 2010 in PubMed, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Two authors independently selected the studies for their inclusion and assessed their quality. The selected studies were thoroughly read. Key themes and categories were identified. A matrix was created for allowing the comparison of each theme across studies. Results: Ten studies were finally included. Seven broad themes were identified across them: 1) Scope and context of practice was a broad theme comprising linked sub-themes: perception of a varied specialty, broad practice, holistic perspective and flexibility that allows having a family; 2) Lower interest or intellectually less challenging: treating common disease, repetitive, quasi administrative job; 3) Influence of role models, either positive and negative, and society: negative comments from other professionals, peers and family; 4) Lower prestige; 5) Poor remuneration; 6) Medical school influences, being important both the length and quality of the exposure; 7) Post graduate training, where the shorter duration and the lower intensity were perceived as positive aspects. After identifying these seven key themes, were also looked into patterns in the distribution of these themes among studies. Conclusions: Our qualitative review provides a comprehensive picture of medical students' attitudes towards family practice in the available literature. In general, although some students find family medicine appealing, it is regarded as a career of low interest and prestige. More research is needed on the influence of role models, medical school and post graduate training. © 2012 Selva Olid et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 22012-01-0120122012-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/304407https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/1472-6920-12-81reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 CP09/00137open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3044072026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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A qualitative research synthesis
title Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice
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Selva, Anna|||0000-0002-2754-3158
Attitudes
Family practice
Perceptions
Qualitative research
Review
Students, Medical
title_short Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice
title_full Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice
title_fullStr Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice
title_full_unstemmed Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice
title_sort Medical students' perceptions and attitudes about family practice
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Selva, Anna|||0000-0002-2754-3158
Martín Zurro, Amando
Jiménez Villa, Josep|||0000-0002-2560-0833
Monreal Hijar, Antonio
Mundet-Tudurí, Xavier|||0000-0002-0318-8657
Otero Puime, Ángel|||0000-0001-7967-4961
Mas Dalmau, Gemma|||0000-0003-3720-0797
Alonso-Coello, Pablo|||0000-0002-8001-8504
author Selva, Anna|||0000-0002-2754-3158
author_facet Selva, Anna|||0000-0002-2754-3158
Martín Zurro, Amando
Jiménez Villa, Josep|||0000-0002-2560-0833
Monreal Hijar, Antonio
Mundet-Tudurí, Xavier|||0000-0002-0318-8657
Otero Puime, Ángel|||0000-0001-7967-4961
Mas Dalmau, Gemma|||0000-0003-3720-0797
Alonso-Coello, Pablo|||0000-0002-8001-8504
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Jiménez Villa, Josep|||0000-0002-2560-0833
Monreal Hijar, Antonio
Mundet-Tudurí, Xavier|||0000-0002-0318-8657
Otero Puime, Ángel|||0000-0001-7967-4961
Mas Dalmau, Gemma|||0000-0003-3720-0797
Alonso-Coello, Pablo|||0000-0002-8001-8504
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Family practice
Perceptions
Qualitative research
Review
Students, Medical
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Family practice
Perceptions
Qualitative research
Review
Students, Medical
description Background: During the last decade medical students from most Western countries have shown little interest in family practice. Understanding the factors that influence medical students to choose family medicine is crucial. Objective. To systematically review and synthesize published evidence about medical students' attitudes and perceptions towards family practice. Methods. A qualitative systematic review. The literature search was undertaken in July 2010 in PubMed, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Two authors independently selected the studies for their inclusion and assessed their quality. The selected studies were thoroughly read. Key themes and categories were identified. A matrix was created for allowing the comparison of each theme across studies. Results: Ten studies were finally included. Seven broad themes were identified across them: 1) Scope and context of practice was a broad theme comprising linked sub-themes: perception of a varied specialty, broad practice, holistic perspective and flexibility that allows having a family; 2) Lower interest or intellectually less challenging: treating common disease, repetitive, quasi administrative job; 3) Influence of role models, either positive and negative, and society: negative comments from other professionals, peers and family; 4) Lower prestige; 5) Poor remuneration; 6) Medical school influences, being important both the length and quality of the exposure; 7) Post graduate training, where the shorter duration and the lower intensity were perceived as positive aspects. After identifying these seven key themes, were also looked into patterns in the distribution of these themes among studies. Conclusions: Our qualitative review provides a comprehensive picture of medical students' attitudes towards family practice in the available literature. In general, although some students find family medicine appealing, it is regarded as a career of low interest and prestige. More research is needed on the influence of role models, medical school and post graduate training. © 2012 Selva Olid et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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