Table 2 Influencing factors of GP recruitment
From: Recruitment of general practitioners in China: a scoping review of strategies and challenges
Main themes | Sub-themes | Examples |
|---|---|---|
Individual’s background | Personal characteristics and family background (14 records) [32, 34,35,36, 40, 42, 47, 49, 55, 56, 58,59,60, 64] | Participants’ perceptions of GP as an occupation, intentions to serve the patients in their hometowns, financial background, family members’ suggestions in career pursue and views of general practice |
Years of service, academic degree level, academic performance, professional titles, understanding of medical technology/medical services, different academic years of students | ||
Personal interest (14 records) [24, 30, 36, 38, 40,41,42,43,44, 46, 51, 53, 58, 60] | Academic interest in medicine/general practice/primary care | |
Remuneration and benefits | Income and benefits (35 records) [23, 25,26,27,28,29,30, 33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50, 52, 56,57,58,59, 61,62,63,64,65] | Low wages |
Living condition (1 record) [59] | Living in the rural regions | |
Career Prospects | Job development (27 records) [23, 25, 27,28,29,30,31, 33, 34, 36,37,38,39,40,41,42, 44,45,46,47,48, 51, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64] | GPs job scope and future development in comparison with specialists, career options, intention to work in large hospitals, aspiration for academic positions, accumulation of practice experience |
Foreseeable training opportunities, satisfactions of training participation experiences, desire to develop knowledge and competencies, attainment of certifications | ||
Job stability & employability (11 records) [36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 51, 56, 60, 64] | The amount of job openings, ongoing contracts | |
Work Environment | Working environment & conditions (12 records) [23, 27, 28, 32, 39, 40, 42, 46, 47, 53, 57, 58] | Collegial relationships, organizational management |
Outdated facilities [27, 29, 32, 44, 53, 63, 64] (7 records) | Outdated or lacking equipment | |
Working location (11 records) [28, 32, 33, 36, 39, 45, 48, 58, 60, 62, 64] | Geographical locations | |
Lacking manpower | ||
Long working hours | ||
Doctor-patient interaction (6 records) [28, 30, 40, 45, 62, 63] | Safety issues and concerns in the workplace | |
Self-fulfilment | Job satisfaction (10 records) [28, 34, 42, 43, 45, 57, 58, 61, 62, 65] | Low sense of fulfilment at work |
Passionate about devoting to primary care development | ||
Social recognition (14 records) [23, 27,28,29, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 45, 48, 50, 63, 64] | Social status and recognition of GP as an occupation | |
National development and reconfigurations of primary care | Policy support (15 records) [23, 29, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42,43,44,45, 56, 58, 60, 62] | Understanding of national policies |
Administration and management (5 records) [30, 38, 41, 45, 61] | Underdeveloped organizational structures |