Recent Advances in Attractiveness of a Career as a General Practitioner

doi:10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.333

Abstract

Abstract: As the practitioners of general medicine theory and providers of general health services，the quantity and professional quality of general practitioners（GPs）can directly affect the overall service quality of primary healthcare system.So understanding recent advances in the attractiveness of GP career，and identifying its major associated factors are vital for the stabilization of GP workforce building，and for the strengthening of service capacities of primary healthcare institutions.We analyzed the factors in four domains（job satisfaction，job burnout，turnover intention and intention of being a GP）that can produce negative effects on the attractiveness of GP career，hoping to provide evidence for relevant government departments to develop top-level improvement strategies for the attractiveness of this career.

Key words: General practitioners, Occupational attractiveness, Burnout, Turnover intention, Root cause analysis

摘要： 全科医生作为全科医学理论的践行者和全科医疗服务的提供者，其数量和质量直接决定着基层医疗卫生服务体系的服务质量和水平。了解全科医生职业吸引力的研究进展，探索影响全科医生职业吸引力的主要因素，对于稳定全科医生队伍建设、加强基层医疗卫生机构服务能力至关重要。本文将从全科医生职业吸引力的逆向角度出发，分别从工作满意度、职业倦怠、离职意愿及职业意愿等方面分析国内外全科医生职业吸引力的研究现状，以期为相关政府部门有针对性制定提升全科医生职业吸引力的顶层设计提供决策依据。

关键词: 全科医生, 职业吸引力, 职业倦怠, 离职意愿, 影响因素分析

GAN Yong,YANG Tingting,YANG Yudi, et al. Recent Advances in Attractiveness of a Career as a General Practitioner　[J]. Chinese General Practice, 2019, 22(28): 3490-3494. DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.333.
甘勇,杨婷婷,杨宇迪等. 国内外全科医生职业吸引力研究进展[J]. 中国全科医学, 2019, 22(28): 3490-3494. DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2019.00.333.

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