GPs’ motivation for teaching medical students in a rural area—development of the Motivation for Medical Education Questionnaire (MoME-Q)

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Annette Becker¹  Charles Christian Adarkwah²  Joachim Labenz³  Oliver Hirsch⁴  Annette Schwaffertz⁵ 

[1] Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany;Department of Health Services Research and General Practice, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany;Department of Medicine, Diakonie Klinikum Siegen, Siegen, Germany;FOM University of Applied Sciences, Siegen, Germany;Medical School, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany;

关键词: Rural area;    Teaching;    Medical education;    Questionnaire development;    General practice;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.6235

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background The establishment of a medical education program in the rural area of Siegen is planned to be the first step against a shortage of physicians in this region. General practitioners (GPs) will be extensively involved in this program as Family Medicine (Allgemeinmedizin) will become a core subject in the curriculum nationwide. Based on this situation we aim to figure out GPs motivation to participate in medical education. For this purpose, we had to construct and test a new questionnaire. Methods A survey was conducted among general practitioners (GPs) in the region of Siegen-Wittgenstein regarding their motivation to participate in medical education. For this purpose, the Motivation for Medical Education Questionnaire (MoME-Q), a 24-item questionnaire, was developed. Structural characteristics of GPs, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Work Satisfaction Questionnaire (WSQ) were used for validation purposes. Results A representative number of GPs took part in the study (53.8%). Although the majority had no connection to a university (86%), 83% can imagine participating in the education of medical students. The items of the MoME-Q load on two factors (commitment and personal benefit). The confirmatory factor analysis shows a good model fit. Subscales of the MoME-Q were able to differentiate between physicians with and without authorization to train GP residents, between practices with and without a specialized practice nurse, and between physicians with and without previous experience in medical education. The MoME-Q subscale “commitment” correlated significantly with all three subscales of the MBI. Correlations were in the medium range around |.30|. Conclusion The MoME-Q seems to be an appropriate tool to assess motivation to participate in medical education of GPs. In our sample, a large number of GPs was motivated to participate in the education of medical students. Future studies with larger number of GPs should be carried out to validate and confirm our findings. Whether the MoME-Q is also appropriate for other specialties should also be shown in further empirical studies.

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