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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 90 Making General Practice Attractive: Encouraging GP attraction and Retention 37<br />

• <strong>the</strong> work content and professional identity: variation of tasks, patient<br />

contact, technical aspects, intellectual challenge, level of professional<br />

autonomy,<br />

• <strong>the</strong> working conditions in both settings (hospital, primary care): work<br />

climate, possibility of working in a team, work-life balance<br />

SF13 «Inhoudelijk vond ik het (= huisartsgeneeskunde) nu ook niet heel bevredigend. Je<br />

werd met veel sociale problematiek geconfronteerd en uiteindelijk zag ik van serieuze<br />

pathologie maar 2 of 3 zaken»<br />

G3 « j’avais vraiment envie de travailler à l’hôpital parce que c’est là que j’avais vu mon<br />

père travailler et c’est ce milieu-là qui me plaisait »<br />

INFORMATION SOURCES: CURRICULUM, ROLE MODELS AND THE MEDIA<br />

The information students use to decide upon <strong>the</strong>ir specialty choice originates mainly<br />

from lessons during <strong>the</strong>ir medical training and experiences during <strong>the</strong>ir clerkships.<br />

The latter is <strong>the</strong> first real contact with <strong>the</strong> profession and <strong>the</strong>refore clerkships are seen<br />

to have an enormous impact on <strong>the</strong> decision process.<br />

Students see role models (teachers, supervisors of practice training) during education<br />

and clerkships, but also in <strong>the</strong>ir private life (GPs in <strong>the</strong> family) as one of <strong>the</strong> most<br />

important information sources and factors influencing <strong>the</strong>ir decision.<br />

Some students also describe <strong>the</strong> media as an information source.<br />

G6 « dès que j’y (general practice) ai mis le premier pied, la première minute, je me suis<br />

dit « c’est ça que je veux faire ». Donc, le stage a vraiment été déterminant pour moi. Et<br />

il n’y a eu que quinze jours et il m’a amplement suffi pour me convaincre. »<br />

SF7 «…de huisarts die ons gezin opvolgde…is dan gescheiden en had problemen met<br />

haar kinderen….door dat haar carrière zo zwaar doorwoog en haar privéleven daar<br />

onder leed. Ik denk dat dat een heel negatieve indruk op mij heeft nagelaten»<br />

GF2 «Moest er bijvoorbeeld een figuur gelijk die prof van heelkunde verschijnen in de<br />

huisartsengeneeskunde die ook zo een indruk geeft dan zou die mij waarschijnlijk<br />

overtuigd hebben ten opzichte van die van heelkunde…ik ben er zeker van dat ik niet<br />

de enige ben waar dat zo een invloed heeft. Want dat is het enige beeld waar we ons<br />

aan kunnen vastklampen eigenlijk om een keuze te maken hé. Oké, ik had mijn vader<br />

(die huisarts is) ook, maar voor de rest, wij weten niet wat dat inhoudt hé. »<br />

LACK OF A FIRM BASIS TO CHOOSE A SPECIALTY<br />

In general, students <strong>report</strong> that <strong>the</strong>y lack a clear base to build <strong>the</strong>ir career choice upon.<br />

They miss information and active support in <strong>the</strong>ir decision process. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore many<br />

interviewees mention <strong>the</strong> low amount of practice training that comes too late. Because<br />

of that, students get no (or get it too late) good picture of <strong>the</strong> real profession and <strong>the</strong>y<br />

mention that <strong>the</strong>ir view based on <strong>the</strong> teaching courses often does not match <strong>the</strong><br />

experiences during clerkships. On top of that, <strong>the</strong> process of choice seems to be very<br />

dependent on <strong>the</strong> particular services during <strong>the</strong> clerkship: <strong>the</strong> hospitals and <strong>the</strong> doctors<br />

(role models) working in <strong>the</strong>se services largely influence <strong>the</strong> choice of <strong>the</strong> future<br />

physician. Students describe both positive and negative experiences in terms of: seeing<br />

interesting pathologies, performing instructive procedures by <strong>the</strong>mselves, having<br />

enthusiastic and competent teachers and residents, being respected as a student-doctor<br />

and <strong>the</strong> overall atmosphere at <strong>the</strong> service/practice.

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