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Motivational aspects and level of satisfaction of Italian junior doctors with regard to knowledge and skills acquired attending specific general practice training courses. A national web survey

Walter MazzuccoClaudia MarottaChiara De WaureGianluca MariniDavid FasolettiAntonia ColicchioDavide LuppiFabio PignattiGiorgio SessaAndrea SilenziGiuseppe PuccioPaolo ParenteClaudio CostantinoPaola BonettiStella GangiEmanuele MaffongelliRosalba NanìaStefania Russo

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Healthcare workforce planningMedical general practicePrimary Health CarePost-graduate medical educationMedicine (all)Healthcare workforce planning; Medical general practice; Post-graduate medical education; Primary Health Care; Public Health; Medicine (all)Public HealthSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata

description

The demographic and epidemiological transitions resulted in a pressing need to reformulate the health workforce demand and to revise pre-and post-graduate training to prepare the medical profiles to meet the new health needs focused on chronic diseases. The Italian Junior Doctors Association and the Giotto Movement carried out a web survey to identify the motivational aspects and the level of satisfaction of Italian junior doctors regarding knowledge and skills acquired after attending the General Practitioners’ specific training (GP-ST). Three-hundred-forty-seven General Practitioners (GPs), 302 trainees and 45 newly qualified trainees answered a web questionnaire. Significant differences (p-value= 0.018) were documented between the two groups regarding the level of satisfaction on the GP-ST. The analysis by geographic macro-areas of the answers given by the 302 trainees showed a heterogeneous level of overall satisfaction (p-value= 0.005). In conclusion, the evidence provided by this cross-sectional study support the proposal to evolve the GP-ST regional courses into general practice and primary care specialization schools.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-03-01
10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.17http://hdl.handle.net/10447/235466