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dc.contributor.authorGale, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorLambe, Paul
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-02T13:45:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-02T13:46:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-02T13:46:32Z
dc.date.available2018-01-02T13:45:52Z
dc.date.available2018-01-02T13:46:19Z
dc.date.available2018-01-02T13:46:32Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-21
dc.identifier.issn1741-7015
dc.identifier.issn1741-7015
dc.identifier.other220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/10473
dc.description.abstract

Background The UK, like many high-income countries, is experiencing a worsening shortfall of general practitioners (GPs) alongside an increasing demand for their services. At the same time, factors influencing junior doctors’ decisions to apply for GP training are only partially understood and research in this area has been hampered by the difficulties in connecting the datasets that map the journey from student to qualified GP. The UK Medical Education Database (UKMED) has been established to ameliorate this problem by linking institutional data across the spectrum of medical education from school to specialty training. Our study aimed to use UKMED to investigate which demographic and educational factors are associated with junior doctors’ decisions to apply for GP training.

Methods Study data, provided by the UKMED Development Group and accessed remotely, contained longitudinal educational and sociodemographic information on all doctors who entered UK medical schools in the 2007/2008 academic year and who made first-time specialty training applications in 2015. We used multivariable logistic regression models to investigate two binary outcomes, namely (1) application to GP training, possibly alongside applications to other specialties, and (2) application solely to GP training.

Results Of 7634 doctors in the sample, 43% applied to GP training possibly alongside other specialities and 26% applied solely to GP training. The odds of applying to GP training were associated with particular demographic factors (being female, non-white or secondary educated in the UK increased the odds of application) and educational factors (non-graduate entry, intercalation and above-median academic performance during medical school all decreased the odds of application). After adjusting for these factors, both the medical school and the foundation school attended were independently associated with the odds of applying to GP training.

Conclusions Our findings suggest that the supply and demand imbalance in UK primary care might be improved by (1) efforts to attract greater numbers of female, non-white and UK secondary-educated students into medical schools, and (2) targeting resources at medical and foundation schools that deliver doctors likely to fill significant gaps in the workforce. Further research is required to better understand inter-school differences and to develop strategies to improve recruitment of GP trainees.

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dc.format.mediumElectronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/10471
dc.relation.replaces10026.1/10471
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/10472
dc.relation.replaces10026.1/10472
dc.subjectMedical education
dc.subjectGeneral practice
dc.subjectPrimary care
dc.subjectRecruitment
dc.subjectWorkforce planning
dc.titleFactors associated with junior doctors' decisions to apply for general practice training programmes in the UK: Secondary analysis of data from the UKMED project
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume15
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalBMC Medicine
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12916-017-0982-6
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/Peninsula Medical School
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA23 Education
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-11-29
dc.identifier.eissn1741-7015
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2017-12-21
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