Profile of registrars and reasons for specialisation

Autor:	Mariette Nel, Green, E.A.M. Prinsloo
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Free state Informed consent business.industry Family medicine education General practice Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine Economic shortage Family Practice business Preference
Zdroj:	South African Family Practice. 48:15-15b
ISSN:	2078-6204 2078-6190
DOI:	10.1080/20786204.2006.10873367
Popis:	IntroductionThe shortage of general practitioners is a worldwide phenomenon and occurs in countries such as Canada, the United States of America and Saudi Arabia. Increasingly fewer students are interested in general practice as an occupation. Choosing a speciality is a complex process and is dependent on a wide range of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including preference at the start of studies, experience during undergraduate training, and environmental factors such as cultural and socio-economic background. The aim of this study was to determine the profile of registrars at the Faculty of Health Sciences (University of the Free State), as well as their reasons for specialisation.MethodAll departments were contacted and the first author circulated questionnaires and informed consent forms during the academic afternoons. Questionnaires and informed consent forms were available in Afrikaans and English.ResultsOf the 150 questionnaires handed out, 109 were used for analysis (122 were received, of...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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