Job satisfaction of graduates of rural oriented medical students training project in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Wenjun Yan¹  Xiuyin Gao¹  Wei Wang¹  Chao Zou²  Zhaojun Lu³  Zhengyu Zhou⁴ 

[1] Department of General Practice, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, 221000, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China;Ma-an Community Health Centre, 211500, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;Second Clinical Medical College, Xuzhou Medical University, 221000, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China;West-City Central Hospital, 222100, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China;

关键词: Graduates of rural oriented medical students training project;    rural physicians;    Job satisfaction;    Survey;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-021-03074-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Chinese government has worked out the “Rural Oriented Medical Students Training Project” to address physician maldistribution, which attempted to train physicians for rural areas. The present study attempted to evaluate the job satisfaction of the graduates of this project in Jiangsu Province, China.MethodsOnline questionnaires were sent to the graduates of the “Rural Oriented Medical Students Training Project” (group A) and their colleagues, who were rural physicians recruited from different sources (group B). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Xuzhou Medical University, and the approval number was 2,018,057. Information on demographic characteristics, work conditions, and self-reported satisfaction was collected to compare the satisfaction differences between the two recruited rural physicians using the Chi-square test and Mann–Whitney U test. Additionally, factors correlated to the satisfaction of group A were assessed using multivariate linear regression. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 23.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsGroup A exhibited moderate satisfaction (2.81 ± 0.687). The satisfaction score from the highest to the lowest was for occupational ecology, life satisfaction, stress, competency, and internal environment. Positive factors related to the satisfaction of group A were area, monthly income, working hours per week, professional title, and post.ConclusionThe satisfaction of the graduates of the “Rural Oriented Medical Students Training Project” was moderate. Factors related to satisfaction included economic incentives, workload, and professional confidence. Possible solutions for increasing satisfaction should consist of economic support and possible ways to improve the professional identification of these graduates.

【 授权许可】

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