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Alberti H, Randles HL, Harding A, et al. Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools. Br J Gen Pract. 2017;67(657):e248-e252doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689881.
Alberti, H., Randles, H. L., Harding, A., & McKinley, R. K. (2017). Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 67(657), e248-e252. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689881
Alberti, Hugh, et al. "Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools." The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners vol. 67,657 (2017): e248-e252. doi: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X689881
Alberti H, Randles HL, Harding A, McKinley RK. Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools. Br J Gen Pract. 2017 Apr;67(657):e248-e252. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689881. Epub 2017 Feb 28. PMID: 28246097; PMCID: PMC5565811.
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Br J Gen Pract. 2017 Apr;67(657):e248-e252. doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X689881. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Exposure of undergraduates to authentic GP teaching and subsequent entry to GP training: a quantitative study of UK medical schools.

The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Hugh Alberti, Hannah L Randles, Alex Harding, Robert K McKinley

Affiliations

  1. School of Medical Education, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear.
  2. University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, Devon.
  3. School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire.

PMID: 28246097 PMCID: PMC5565811 DOI: 10.3399/bjgp17X689881

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that the quantity of exposure to general practice teaching at medical school is associated with future choice of a career as a GP.

AIM: To examine the relationship between general practice exposure at medical school and the percentage of each school's graduates appointed to a general practice training programme after foundation training (postgraduate years 1 and 2).

DESIGN AND SETTING: A quantitative study of 29 UK medical schools.

METHOD: The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) destination surveys of 2014 and 2015 were used to determine the percentage of graduates of each UK medical school who were appointed to a GP training programme after foundation year 2. The Spearman rank correlation was used to examine the correlation between these data and the number of sessions spent in placements in general practice at each medical school.

RESULTS: A statistically significant association was demonstrated between the quantity of authentic general practice teaching at each medical school and the percentage of its graduates who entered GP training after foundation programme year 2 in both 2014 (correlation coefficient [r] 0.41,

DISCUSSION: The authors have demonstrated, for the first time in the UK, an association between the quantity of clinical GP teaching at medical school and entry to general practice training. This study suggests that an increased use of, and investment in, undergraduate general practice placements would help to ensure that the UK meets its target of 50% of medical graduates entering general practice.

© British Journal of General Practice 2017.

Keywords: career destination; education; general practice; students, medical; undergraduate teaching

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