Academic Journal
Young general practitioners’ professional activities: a survey in the French-speaking part of Belgium
| Title: | Young general practitioners’ professional activities: a survey in the French-speaking part of Belgium |
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| Authors: | Lenoir, Anne-Laure, Richelle, Lou, Ketterer, Frédéric, Fraipont, Bénédicte, Cayn, Marion, Duchesnes, Christiane, Leconte, Sophie |
| Contributors: | CCFFMG - Centre de Coordination Francophone pour la Formation en Médecine Générale asbl |
| Source: | Acta Clinica Belgica. 72:399-404 |
| Publisher Information: | Informa UK Limited, 2017. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Subject Terms: | Male, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling -- statistics & numerical data, Hygiène et médecine générale, General Practice, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Santé publique, Sciences de la santé humaine, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Regional health planning, Belgium, General Practitioners, General practitioners, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Human health sciences, 10. No inequality, 4. Education, Young generation, Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles, Professional practice, General Practitioners -- statistics & numerical data, Female, General & internal medicine, Médecine générale & interne, 0305 other medical science |
| Description: | This study described the professional activities of graduates of the Advanced Master of General Practice of the Belgian French-speaking universities from 1999 to 2013 and identified factors influencing their situation.Between November 2014 and June 2015, all graduates were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning their professional activities. The first part of the analysis described the respondent's socio-demographic and professional characteristics. The second part aimed at detecting possible factors influencing GPs' professional situation.The main results of the study showed that 78.5% of graduates still worked as GPs and 21.5% left and had another activity. The way graduates worked in General Practice was also highly diverse in terms of both working time and types of activities. Only a minority of them were exclusively performing General Practice (8.5%). 45.8% of GPs worked part-time, and were more commonly women and GPs in group practice. This survey confirmed feminisation of the profession and increasing work in associations. Among factors influencing retention in General Practice, preference for specialising in General Practice at time of graduation in medicine and duration of practice influence retention in practice.Our survey put the emphasis on the evolution of practice: job and vocational training planning should not be performed based only on previous generations. There is no one predefined way to practise; the blurred boundaries of General Practice activities do not allow for the drafting of a reference frame that could help workforce planning. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | 1 full-text file(s): application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2295-3337 1784-3286 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17843286.2017.1302624 |
| Access URL: | https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/209355/1/Young%20general%20practitioners%e2%80%99%20professional%20activities.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28317474 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28317474 https://core.ac.uk/display/80341822 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28317474/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/28317474 https://dial.uclouvain.be/pr/boreal/object/boreal:184477 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/209355 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/209355 https://doi.org/10.1080/17843286.2017.1302624 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....deed4ac4d32b1c9a6c8d01f62222a155 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 22953337 17843286 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/17843286.2017.1302624 |