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abstract: 'Background and Objective
The shortage of doctors, especially in rural areas, is a major concern
in India, which in turn affects the effective delivery of health care
services. To support new policies able to address this issue, a study
was conducted to determine the discouraging and encouraging factors
affecting medical students'' interests towards working in rural areas.
Methods
This cross-sectional, descriptive qualitative study has been conducted
in three states of North India. It comprised six focus group
discussions, each consisting of 10-20 medical students of six government
medical colleges. The verbatim and thematic codes have been transcribed
by using a `categorical aggregation approach''. The discussions were
thematically analyzed.
Results
Ninety medical students participated in the study. The discouraging
factors were grouped under two broad themes namely unchallenging
professional environment (poor accommodation facilities and lack of
necessary infrastructure; lack of drug and equipment supplies;
inadequate human resource support; lesser travel and research
opportunities) and gap between financial rewards and social
disadvantages (lower salary and incentives, social isolation, political
interference, lack of security). Similarly, the encouraging factors were
congregated under three main themes namely willingness to give back to
disadvantaged communities (desire to serve poor, underprivileged and
home community), broader clinical exposure (preferential admission in
post-graduation after working more than 2-3 years in rural areas) and
higher status and respect (achieving higher social status).
Conclusions
This qualitative study highlights key factors affecting medical
students'' interest to work in rural areas. A substantial similarity was
noted between the factors which emerge from the current study and those
documented in other countries. These findings will help policy-makers
and medical educators to design and implement a comprehensive human
resource strategy that shall target specific factors to encourage
medical students to choose job positions in rural areas.'
affiliation: 'Goel, S (Corresponding Author), Post Grad Inst Med Educ \& Res, Dept
Community Med, Chandigarh, India.
Goel, S (Corresponding Author), Post Grad Inst Med Educ \& Res, Sch Publ Hlth, Chandigarh,
India.
Goel, Sonu; Dhirar, Nonita; Sangwan, Garima; Thakur, Kanchan, Post Grad Inst Med
Educ \& Res, Dept Community Med, Chandigarh, India.
Goel, Sonu; Dhirar, Nonita; Sangwan, Garima; Thakur, Kanchan, Post Grad Inst Med
Educ \& Res, Sch Publ Hlth, Chandigarh, India.
Angeli, Federica; Ruwaard, Dirk, Maastricht Univ, Fac Hlth Med \& Life Sci, Care
\& Publ Hlth Res Inst, Dept Hlth Serv Res, Maastricht, Netherlands.'
article-number: e0210251
author: Goel, Sonu and Angeli, Federica and Dhirar, Nonita and Sangwan, Garima and
Thakur, Kanchan and Ruwaard, Dirk
author-email: sonugoel007@yahoo.co.in
author_list:
- family: Goel
given: Sonu
- family: Angeli
given: Federica
- family: Dhirar
given: Nonita
- family: Sangwan
given: Garima
- family: Thakur
given: Kanchan
- family: Ruwaard
given: Dirk
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210251
files: []
issn: 1932-6203
journal: PLOS ONE
keywords-plus: DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; HEALTH; RECRUITMENT; CHALLENGES; RETENTION
language: English
month: JAN 10
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
orcid-numbers: 'Goel, Sonu/0000-0001-5231-7083
Angeli, Federica/0000-0003-4010-3103
Ruwaard, Dirk/0000-0003-4887-8413'
papis_id: 88b0d28022effafd3f9a9d498465fa5c
ref: Goel2019factorsaffecting
researcherid-numbers: 'Goel, Sonu/F-7956-2010
'
times-cited: '5'
title: Factors affecting medical students' interests in working in rural areas in
North India-A qualitative inquiry
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000455483000066
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Multidisciplinary Sciences
year: '2019'