Medical Students’ Career Choice and Attitudes towards Family Medicine in Morocco

Sebbani, Majda; Mansouri, Adil; Adarmouch, Latifa; Amine, Mohamed

doi:10.1155/2020/8843467

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“…Only 2.9% (n = 12) of those questioned were interested in the role of a primary health care doctor. Studies in other countries also confirm the fact that the professional career of a family physician suffers from a lack of interest [20], although in Georgia, this statistic is much lower. In Egypt, only 4.7% showed any intention to choose this as a future career [21].…”

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Factors influencing medical students’ choice of family medicine

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2022

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Background. In Georgia, like in many countries, the specialisation of family medicine suffers from a lack of interest, which has a negative impact on the number of properly qualified family doctors. Objectives. The aim of the research is to assess the attitudes of medical students towards the profession of a family doctor and to observe the reason for choosing this field of work. Material and methods. A quantitative approach using a cross-sectional survey was carried out. 408 out of 500 medical students from the two major Georgian universities were surveyed. Results. Only a small percentage of students (2.9%; n = 12) expressed interest in the profession of a family doctor, and the absolute majority of them were female. Students' choice of family medicine is related to the following factors: a duration of residency (n = 12; 100%), the ability to form long-term relationships with patients (n = 10; 83%), the influence of family or community (n = 8; 67%), the ability to solve multiple medical problems (n = 11; 92%), the simplicity of medical practice (n = 10; 83%), the opportunity to find a job (n = 10; 83%), the advantage of working in rural areas (n = 8; 67%) and the ability to balance career and personal life (n = 10; 83%). Conclusions. The decision to become a family doctor is influenced by numerous factors. The profession of a family doctor is less popular in Georgia, which is mainly caused by society's stereotypical attitudes. To popularise the profession of a family doctor, it is necessary to introduce effective methods of its financing and to develop a flexible model of family medicine residency education, which would be based on the improvement of a continuous, professional practice.

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“…This is in concordance with a study done in Morocco in 2020. 19 Another study conducted in 2004 by Ward et al 20 concluded that male participants were less likely to become family physicians.…”

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House Officers’ Choice of Family Medicine Specialty amid the Implementation of the New Universal Health Insurance Law

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J Prim Care Community Health

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Background The new Egyptian Universal Health Insurance Law is introduced through family-oriented primary health care. Increasing the number of recent graduates who specialized in family medicine is considered a national need to overcome family physicians’ shortage. Aim To explore the factors affecting the house officers’ choice of Family Medicine as a future career amid the implementation of the new Universal Health Insurance Law in Egypt. Methods This is a cross-sectional study conducted on house officers during their training in Cairo university hospitals from the first of March 2020 to February 2021. The researchers offered an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to all house officers at the beginning of their 2-week family medicine training (1170 house officers). Results A total of 1052 completed the questionnaire (response rate 90%). Family medicine as a specialty was considered by 53.6% (n = 564) of participants, while only 23.4% (n = 246) of participants had an obvious intention to choose family medicine. Multivariate (adjusted) logistic regression model revealed that factors significantly associated with intention to choose family medicine were marital status, knowledge about governmental advantages for family medicine offered to the specialized recent graduates, and previously encountered with family practice as customers. Conclusions The choice of family medicine specialty is increasing among house officers. This could be attributed to the growing interest in family medicine in Egypt, especially after implementing the new insurance law’s first phase in several Egyptian governorates.

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“…The result of our study showed that, 52.5% of the total population considered radiology as a career, but just 23.1% would choose it as a specialty ( Figure 5 ). Compared to a study in Morocco, none of the medical students considered choosing a career in radiology but the majority of them considered a career in cardiology and general surgery [ 8 ]. We found that, Ghanaian clinical medical students would choose radiology as a career largely because of its scheduling flexibility ( Figure 6 ).…”

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confidence: 99%