Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship

Background Role modelling is recognised as an important element in career choice. In strongly hospital-based medical education settings, students identify few primary care physicians as positive role models, which might impact their career plans and potentially contribute to primary care workforce s...

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Autores principales:	Eva Pfarrwaller, Milena Abbiati, Anne Baroffio, Dagmar M. Haller
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Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:	undergraduate medical education primary care physicians career choice mentors Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5903ce113a3548cd892261558af9e4112021-11-11T14:23:41ZGeneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship1381-47881751-140210.1080/13814788.2021.1999925https://doaj.org/article/5903ce113a3548cd892261558af9e4112021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2021.1999925https://doaj.org/toc/1381-4788https://doaj.org/toc/1751-1402Background Role modelling is recognised as an important element in career choice. In strongly hospital-based medical education settings, students identify few primary care physicians as positive role models, which might impact their career plans and potentially contribute to primary care workforce shortage. At Geneva Faculty of Medicine (Switzerland), a compulsory final-year clerkship in primary care practices was introduced to strengthen primary care teaching in the curriculum. Objectives To assess the proportion of graduating students identifying a primary care physician as positive role model, before and after the introduction of the clerkship. Methods Cross-sectional survey in four consecutive classes of graduating medical students one year before and three years after the introduction of the clerkship. The main outcome measure was the proportion of students in each class citing a primary care physician role model. Comparisons were analysed using Pearson’s Chi-square test and one-way ANOVA. Results The total sample included 505 students. The proportion of students recalling a primary care physician role model increased steadily from 8% (before introduction of the clerkship) to 13, 16, and 21%, respectively, at 1, 2 and 3 years after the introduction of the clerkship (p = 0.03). Conclusion Our exploratory study suggests that introducing a compulsory primary care clerkship may have contributed to increasing the visibility of primary care physicians as role models. Future research should explore primary care physicians’ awareness of role modelling and its contribution to career choices.Eva PfarrwallerMilena AbbiatiAnne BaroffioDagmar M. HallerTaylor & Francis Grouparticleundergraduate medical educationprimary care physicianscareer choicementorsMedicine (General)R5-920ENEuropean Journal of General Practice, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 326-330 (2021)
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spellingShingle	undergraduate medical education primary care physicians career choice mentors Medicine (General) R5-920 Eva Pfarrwaller Milena Abbiati Anne Baroffio Dagmar M. Haller Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship
description	Background Role modelling is recognised as an important element in career choice. In strongly hospital-based medical education settings, students identify few primary care physicians as positive role models, which might impact their career plans and potentially contribute to primary care workforce shortage. At Geneva Faculty of Medicine (Switzerland), a compulsory final-year clerkship in primary care practices was introduced to strengthen primary care teaching in the curriculum. Objectives To assess the proportion of graduating students identifying a primary care physician as positive role model, before and after the introduction of the clerkship. Methods Cross-sectional survey in four consecutive classes of graduating medical students one year before and three years after the introduction of the clerkship. The main outcome measure was the proportion of students in each class citing a primary care physician role model. Comparisons were analysed using Pearson’s Chi-square test and one-way ANOVA. Results The total sample included 505 students. The proportion of students recalling a primary care physician role model increased steadily from 8% (before introduction of the clerkship) to 13, 16, and 21%, respectively, at 1, 2 and 3 years after the introduction of the clerkship (p = 0.03). Conclusion Our exploratory study suggests that introducing a compulsory primary care clerkship may have contributed to increasing the visibility of primary care physicians as role models. Future research should explore primary care physicians’ awareness of role modelling and its contribution to career choices.
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author	Eva Pfarrwaller Milena Abbiati Anne Baroffio Dagmar M. Haller
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title	Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship
title_short	Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship
title_full	Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship
title_fullStr	Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship
title_full_unstemmed	Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship
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Geneva medical students increasingly identify primary care physicians as role models after introduction of a compulsory clerkship

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