TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barthen, Linda
A1  - Ravens-Taeuber, Gisela
A1  - Paulitsch, Michael Anton
A1  - Gerlach, Ferdinand M.
A1  - Sennekamp, Monika
T1  - How can General Practice be incorporated longitudinally in medical studies? students’ views on the development of a new rural health program
T2  - GMS journal for medical education
N2  - Aim: Participation of medical students in the conceptual development of targeted and attractive teaching content for rural areas.
Method: A questionnaire was developed to gather information on students' views of their current medical studies, career interests, and what requirements should be met by an optional rural health program in general practice. By means of an online survey in summer 2015, all medical students from the fourth preclinical semester onwards (n=2,150) at Goethe University Frankfurt were surveyed on one occasion. Statistical analysis was mainly descriptive. Personal attitudes towards a career as a family practitioner were examined for statistical significance. Further information was gathered on whether a measurable correlation exists between personal background and desired work location.
Results: Of the 2,150 students that were contacted, 617 participated in the survey (response rate=28.7%). The results covered a wide range of ideas and recommendations and were representative both of medical students with a positive attitude toward general practice, as well as those that were rather critical of teaching in general practice. The students expected the planned health program to be of strong practical relevance and to acquaint them with the administrative and economic aspects of running a practice.
Conclusions: By including the target group in the development process, it was possible to tailor the health program to meet the needs of future participants more precisely. Student participation can also be expected to result in greater acceptance of the program. The results on teaching content may also provide other medical faculties with orientation when developing comparable programs.
KW  - general practice
KW  - medical students
KW  - curriculum
KW  - rural health program
KW  - shortage of family doctors
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46952
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-469522
SN  - 2366-5017
N1  - © 2018 Barthen et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
VL  - 35
IS  - 3, Doc42
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
PB  - GMS
CY  - [Düsseldorf]
ER  -