'Benefits of simulated general practice clinics in the preparation of medical students for primary healthcare’; a response

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 396-396
Author(s):  
Daniel Beasley ◽  
Joshua Welsh
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Primary Healthcare

Benefits of simulated General Practice clinics in the preparation of medical students for primary healthcare

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karryn Lytton ◽  
Torres Woolley ◽  
Roy Rasalam ◽  
Susan Gorton ◽  
Paula Heggarty
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Primary Healthcare

Patient consent to medical students in general practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp18X697229
Author(s):  
Matthew Webb ◽  
Sarah Thirlwall ◽  
Bob McKinley
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
School Students ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Patient Consent ◽  
High Level

BackgroundInformed consent is required for active participation of patients in medical education. At Keele Medical School, we require practices to advertise that they teach undergraduate students and to obtain appropriate patient consent at various stages of the patient journey.AimThe study aimed to explore patients’ experience of consent to involvement in undergraduate medical education in general practice.MethodDuring the final year at Keele University Medical School, students undertake a patient satisfaction survey. A questionnaire was attached to the reverse of this survey during the academic year 2016–2017. The questionnaire explored the stage of the patient journey consent was obtained, whether they were offered an alternative appointment and how comfortable they were with medical students being involved in their care.ResultsA total of 489 questionnaires were completed covering 62 GP practices. 97% of patients reported that consent was obtained at least once during their encounter and the majority reported that this occurred at booking. 98% of patients were comfortable or very comfortable with a medical student leading their consultation. However, 28% of those surveyed stated that they were either not given the option of not seeing the student or there was no other alternative appointment available.ConclusionThe results indicate that in the vast majority of cases patient consent is obtained at least once during their attendance. Patients expressed a high level of satisfaction with medical students’ involvement in their care. Further work is required to evaluate the role of the data as a marker of individual practice teaching quality.

Teaching communication skills to pre-clinical medical students: a general practice based approach

1979 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. ARMSTRONG ◽  
B. H. HICKS ◽  
P. M. HIGGINS ◽  
J. A. WEINMAN
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Communication Skills

scholarly journals Medical students’ perceptions of a career in general practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp19X702773
Author(s):  
Kimberley Banner ◽  
Hugh Alberti ◽  
Jane Stewart
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Career Intentions ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gp Training

BackgroundRecruitment into general practice is falling and many training programmes in the UK have unfilled training posts. In 2016 NHS England pledged to increase the number of graduates entering GP training to 50%. However in 2017 only 15.3% of foundation year 2 doctors commenced general practice.AimThis work aims to understand medical students’ perceptions of a career in general practice, and how this may affect their career intentions.MethodAs part of a larger, longitudinal study at four UK universities. First and fourth year students were invited to a focus group to discuss their perceptions of a career in general practice. The recordings were transcribed and content analysis was performed.ResultsThe perceptions discussed could be broadly grouped into three categories. ‘The GP’ highlighted students’ ideas of the GP as someone who was dedicated, could create rapport, and wanted a family life. The ‘Job of the GP’ indicated students were positive about the continuity of care the job offered, but felt the work was isolating and paperwork heavy. Finally, external factors such as denigration and the ‘GP land’ concept also had an impact on students’ perceptions.ConclusionFurther work is needed to understand how these perceptions develop, how this may impact students career intentions, and how this research could be used to improve GP recruitment. This data will form part of a wider longitudinal study, the results of which will be analysed for themes and personal narratives of the students.

Perceived incentives and willingness of university medical students toward working in rural primary healthcare

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Zou ◽  
Dandi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Western China ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Working And Living Conditions ◽  
Limited Service

Abstract Background Primary healthcare (PHC) is vital for providing more equitable, accessible and affordable healthcare to the population. However, there is a general lacking and disparity of distribution of PHC workforce, especially for rural areas in China as it is very hard to attract and retain high quality medical students to rural PHC. This study was to investigate the willingness of university medical students toward working in rural PHC and their perceived incentives and compare that between medical programmes. Methods An online questionnaire survey was conducted in a leading medical university of Western China in 2017. All second-year Preventive Medicine (MBP, 5 years programme) and third-year Doctorate of Medicine (MD, 8 years programme) students participated. The willingness and perceived incentives toward working in rural PHC were analysed and compared between students of the two programmes. Results A total of 201 students, including 115 MBP and 86 MD students, participated in the study. The overall willingness rate toward working in rural PHC was 16%. More MBP (23%) than MD students (7%) expressed willingness without mention of incentives (p<0.05). The most preferred incentives were adequate remuneration (62%), non-inferior working and living conditions to urban area (58%), limited service years (56%) and privilege to postgraduate education and promotion (55%), though 13% expressed willingness under no circumstances. More MBP than MD students preferred to postgraduate education and promotion (65% vs. 43%, p<0.05) and limited service years (63% vs. 56%, p<0.05), but similar in other incentives (p>0.05). The willingness rate increased from 2%~5%, 9%~14%, 27%~25%, to 81% with single-, two-, three-, four- incentives as mentioned above, and similar between students of the two programmes. Conclusions The willingness of university medical students to work in rural PHC was low. However, more MBP students show willingness than MD students. Multiple incentives including adequate remuneration, opportunities of postgraduate education and promotion, proper working and living conditions and limited service years may be much more effective than any single incentive to attract university medical students especially MBP students to rural PHC service. Further investigation of appropriate incentives in details and interventional studies are warranted to inform relevant policy making.

scholarly journals Ten books

2007 ◽  
Vol 191 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-270
Author(s):  
Michael King
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Junior Doctor ◽  
Psychiatric Training

Choosing ten books that have most influenced my practice is an odd challenge. I wasn't one of those medical students who wanted to do psychiatry since he was 12, or read most of Freud or Jung. In fact throughout medical school, and for several years as a junior doctor, I thought psychiatry and psychiatrists were pretty weird. It was only in my general practice vocational training year that I realised how much of medicine concerned the psychological and began my psychiatric training. This influence came not through books that I read but through the patients whom I saw.

Social prescribing by students: the design and delivery of a social prescribing scheme by medical students in general practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 318-322
Author(s):  
Andy Ward ◽  
Aqua Asif ◽  
Rosalie Cattermole ◽  
Joseph Chima ◽  
Tom Ebbatson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Prescribing
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