Motivation for career choice and job satisfaction of GP trainees and newly qualified GPs across Europe: A seven countries cross-sectional survey

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 202-210

  Roos, Marco ^a   Watson, Jessica ^b   Wensing, Michel ^c   Peters Klimm, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career choice; General practice; General practice specialty training; Motivation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907059979     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2014.11494278     Document Type: Article

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