Rashid Mohammed Ahmed, Benson John
The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
JRSM Open. 2016 Jul 1;7(7):2054270416632706. doi: 10.1177/2054270416632706. eCollection 2016 Jul.
Recent primary care workforce pressures in the UK have prompted national reviews. Recommendations to increase the proportion of medical students entering general practice have led to interest in the role of medical schools in career choices. This study sought to identify the career backgrounds of admissions leads at UK medical schools and the proportion of general practitioners on admission interview panels.
A national survey using a proforma circulated to all UK medical school admission leads via the Medical Schools Council.
UK medical schools.
UK medical schools.
Prevalence of assessment lead and panel members' professional groups.
Responses were received from 18 (54.5%) of the 33 UK medical schools. General practitioners led the admissions process in 2 (11%) of these. Fifteen schools were able to furnish detailed data about interview panel composition, having held a combined total of 876 distinct interview panels during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 admission years; 683 panels (78%) included a secondary care physician, but only 261 panels (29.8%) included general practitioners. General practitioner representation ranged from 3.8% to 100% of individual schools' panels; however, eight schools (about half the respondents able to offer numbers of participants) omitted general practitioner representation in more than half of their interview panels.
Despite the UK policy focus to increase the proportion of medical students becoming general practitioners, doctors from this clinical background are not proportionately represented as admissions leads or on admissions interview panels. Increasing general practitioner involvement in admissions processes may be one way in which medical schools can support general practice as a career aspiration.
英国近期基层医疗劳动力压力促使进行全国性审查。增加进入全科医疗领域的医学生比例的建议引发了对医学院校在职业选择中所起作用的关注。本研究旨在确定英国医学院校招生负责人的职业背景以及入学面试小组中全科医生的比例。
通过医学院校理事会向所有英国医学院校招生负责人发放统一格式问卷进行全国性调查。
英国医学院校。
英国医学院校。
评估负责人和面试小组成员的专业群体分布情况。
33所英国医学院校中有18所（54.5%）回复。其中2所（11%）由全科医生主导招生过程。15所学校能够提供关于面试小组构成的详细数据，在2012 - 2013年和2013 - 2014年招生年度共举行了876次不同的面试小组；683个小组（78%）包括一名二级医疗医生，但只有261个小组（29.8%）包括全科医生。全科医生在各学校面试小组中的占比从3.8%到100%不等；然而，8所学校（约占能够提供参与人数的受访者的一半）在一半以上的面试小组中没有全科医生代表。
尽管英国政策重点是增加成为全科医生的医学生比例，但来自这一临床背景的医生在招生负责人或入学面试小组中所占比例并不相称。增加全科医生参与招生过程可能是医学院校支持将全科医疗作为职业志向的一种方式。
