2018•Unpublished venueRequires access
Survey on Introduction to General Practice course taking and knowledge of General Practice among medical students in Fudan University
Jian Wang, Qi Zhao, Shanzhu Zhu, Zhigang Pan
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Abstract
Objective
To survey Introduction to General Practice course taking and knowledge of general practice among medical students in Fudan University.
Methods
A survey with self-designed questionnaire was conducted in June 2017 among medical students of 5 year program in Fudan University who had taken course of Introduction to General Practice.
Results
One hundred and ninety seven questionnaires were distributed and 186 valid ones returned with a recovery rate of 94.42%. The survey showed that 95.16% of participants (177/186) gained knowledge about post of general practitioners (GPs) through community practice; 97.31% (181/186) thought community practice as necessary; 92.47% (172/186) were very satisfied or fairly satisfied with community practice course; 94.09% (175/186) gained clear understanding of duty of GPs through course study; 87.63% (163/186) completely understood required capabilities of a GP; 74.19% (138/186) said that course had opened their mind; 64.52% (120/186) said that they had changed their views about general practice; 63.44% (118/186) said that they had acquired new knowledge. The participants also gave some suggestions regarding content of community practice. Although 96.24% of students (179/186) thought that general practitioner had a bright career prospect, only 7 of them (3.76%) were willing to be GPs after graduation; meanwhile 161 of them (86.56%) were willing to be specialists. The main reasons of willing to be a GP were wish to be a specialists (82.61%,133/186) , the job was challenging or difficult for career development (45.34%, and not paid well for GPs (45.34%, 73/186) .
Conclusion
Although many students thought GP would have good career prospect, only few of them are willing to be a GP. How to attract more medical students to chose GP as their career should be paid high attention by education and health authorities.
Key words:
General practice; Education; Medical students