Changes in the perception of primary care practice during the medical curriculum in Geneva, Switzerland

Bernard Cerutti; Noëlle Junod Perron; Elisabeth van Gessel; Klaus-Dieter Haensgen; Johanna Sommer

doi:10.4414/smw.2015.14124

Peer reviewed clinical letter

Vol. 145 No. 1314 (2015)

Changes in the perception of primary care practice during the medical curriculum in Geneva, Switzerland

Bernard Cerutti
Noëlle Junod Perron
Elisabeth van Gessel
Klaus-Dieter Haensgen
Johanna Sommer

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14124
Published: 22.03.2015

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Margolius D, Bodenheimer T. Transforming primary care: from past practice to the practice of the future. Health Aff. 2010;29:779–84.
Lambert T, Goldacre M. Trends in doctors’ early career choices for general practice in the UK: longitudinal questionnaire surveys. Br J Gen Pract. 2011;61:e397–403.
Fujisawa R, Lafortune GJ. The Remuneration of General Practitioners and Specialists in 14 OECD Countries: What are the Factors Influencing Variations across Countries? Paris, France: OECD Publications Service, OECD Health Working Papers 41, 2008.
Jeffe DB, Whelan AJ, Andriole DA. Primary care specialty choices of United States medical graduates, 1997–2006. Acad Med. 2010;85:947–58.
Buddeberg-Fischer B, Klaghofer R, Stamm M, Marty F, Dreiding P, Zoller M, Buddeberg: Primary care in Switzerland – no longer attractive for young physicians? Swiss Med Wkly. 2006;136:416–24.
Gaspoz JM. How about primary care medicine? [Article in French]. Rev Med Suisse. 2011;7:1321–4.
Kuikka L, Nevalainen MK, Sjöberg L, et al. The perceptions of a GP’s work among fifth-year medical students in Helsinki, Finland. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2012;30:121–6.
Kiolbassa K, Miksch A, Hermann K, et al. Becoming a general practitioner – which factors have most impact on career choice of medical students? BMC Fam Pract. 2011;12:25.
Dorsey ER, Jarjoura D, Rutecki GW. The influence of controllable lifestyle and sex on the specialty choices of graduating U.S. medical students 1996–2003. Acad Med. 2005;80:791–6.
Lambert EM, Holmboe ES. The relationship between specialty choice and gender of U.S. medical students, 1990–2003. Acad Med. 2005;80:797–802.
Probst A, Natanzon I, Szecsenyi J, Joos S. Family Doctors Seen through the Eyes of Specialists: A Qualitative Study. Int J Family Med. 2013;729473.
Natanzon I, Ose D, Szecsenyi J, Campbell S, Roos M, Joos S. Does GPs’ self-perception of their professional role correspond to their social self-image? – a qualitative study from Germany. BMC Fam Pract. 2010;11:10.
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Morley CP, Roseamelia C, Smith JA, Villarreal AL. Decline of medical student idealism in the first and second year of medical school: a survey of pre-clinical medical students at one institution. Med Educ Online. 2013;18:21194.
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[1] Margolius D, Bodenheimer T. Transforming primary care: from past practice to the practice of the future. Health Aff. 2010;29:779–84.

[2] Lambert T, Goldacre M. Trends in doctors’ early career choices for general practice in the UK: longitudinal questionnaire surveys. Br J Gen Pract. 2011;61:e397–403.

[3] Fujisawa R, Lafortune GJ. The Remuneration of General Practitioners and Specialists in 14 OECD Countries: What are the Factors Influencing Variations across Countries? Paris, France: OECD Publications Service, OECD Health Working Papers 41, 2008.

[4] Jeffe DB, Whelan AJ, Andriole DA. Primary care specialty choices of United States medical graduates, 1997–2006. Acad Med. 2010;85:947–58.

[5] Buddeberg-Fischer B, Klaghofer R, Stamm M, Marty F, Dreiding P, Zoller M, Buddeberg: Primary care in Switzerland – no longer attractive for young physicians? Swiss Med Wkly. 2006;136:416–24.

[6] Gaspoz JM. How about primary care medicine? [Article in French]. Rev Med Suisse. 2011;7:1321–4.

[7] Kuikka L, Nevalainen MK, Sjöberg L, et al. The perceptions of a GP’s work among fifth-year medical students in Helsinki, Finland. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2012;30:121–6.

[8] Kiolbassa K, Miksch A, Hermann K, et al. Becoming a general practitioner – which factors have most impact on career choice of medical students? BMC Fam Pract. 2011;12:25.

[9] Dorsey ER, Jarjoura D, Rutecki GW. The influence of controllable lifestyle and sex on the specialty choices of graduating U.S. medical students 1996–2003. Acad Med. 2005;80:791–6.

[10] Lambert EM, Holmboe ES. The relationship between specialty choice and gender of U.S. medical students, 1990–2003. Acad Med. 2005;80:797–802.

[11] Probst A, Natanzon I, Szecsenyi J, Joos S. Family Doctors Seen through the Eyes of Specialists: A Qualitative Study. Int J Family Med. 2013;729473.

[12] Natanzon I, Ose D, Szecsenyi J, Campbell S, Roos M, Joos S. Does GPs’ self-perception of their professional role correspond to their social self-image? – a qualitative study from Germany. BMC Fam Pract. 2010;11:10.

[13] Vilpert S. Primary care physicians: situation in Switzerland and international comparison [in French]. Bern, Swiss health Observatory, 2005.

[14] Morley CP, Roseamelia C, Smith JA, Villarreal AL. Decline of medical student idealism in the first and second year of medical school: a survey of pre-clinical medical students at one institution. Med Educ Online. 2013;18:21194.

[15] Frenk J, Chen L, Bhutta ZA, Cohen J, Crisp N, Evans T, et al. Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world. Lancet. 2010;376:1923–58.

[16] Scott I, Gowans M, Wright B, Brenneis F, Banner S, Boone J. Determinants of choosing a career in family medicine. CMAJ. 2011;183:E1–8.

[17] Primary Care and General Medicine Masterplan Information Sheet [in French]. Federal Office of Public Helath, 2013. Available at: http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/berufe/13932/13933/14198 (accessed on 23 September 2014).