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First-year medical student attitudes about general practice in China: a comparison between Chinese and international students

Advances in medical education and practice, 2019-01, Vol.10, p.571-579 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
First-year medical student attitudes about general practice in China: a comparison between Chinese and international students
Author: Chen, Qi ; Lian, Siqing ; Plegue, Melissa A ; Fetters, Michael D
Subjects: Analysis ; Asian students ; attitude ; Careers ; China ; Community health care ; Councils ; Curricula ; Curriculum ; Education ; Family medicine ; family physician ; Family planning ; Foreign students ; General practice ; general practitioner ; General practitioners ; Health services ; Home care ; Infants ; Khan, Sal ; Medical education ; Medical personnel training ; Medical practice ; Medical research ; Medical schools ; Medical students ; Medicine ; Original Research ; Palliative care ; Physicians ; Preferences ; Preventive medicine ; Primary care ; Schools ; Science ; Student attitudes ; Students ; Studies ; Surveys ; Taxonomy ; undergraduate medical education ; Values
Is Part Of: Advances in medical education and practice, 2019-01, Vol.10, p.571-579
Description: Chinese policy increasingly emphasizes growth of general practice (GP). The purpose of this research was to understand attitudes toward GP among first-year Chinese and international medical students studying in China. Based on a cross-sectional survey using a 5-point Likert scale of medical students at Peking University Health Science Center regarding attitudes toward specialty choice, practice setting, care of patient age groups, care types, and GP, we compared responses of Chinese and international medical students. In total, 258 national and 77 international students participated. International students ranked equally or more highly as favorable practice settings associated with GP, eg, outpatient ( =0.05) and home care ( <0), types of care associated with GP, eg, preventive services ( <0) and palliative care ( =0.01), and age-groups of interest, eg, care for babies ( <0), children ( <0), and adult women ( =0.03). Chinese students more strongly endorsed beliefs that GP physicians are needed in rural Chinese areas ( <0), supported by the government ( =0.02), and respected by society ( <0). Chinese students' attitudes about the social desirability of GP are consistent with Chinese policy, but international students more strongly endorsed desirable work characteristics of actual GP. These differences accentuate the need for more attention in the medical curriculum to educate Chinese students about why GP can be a personally rewarding career.
Publisher: New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1179-7258
EISSN: 1179-7258
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S198877
PMID: 31551660
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