General practice recruitment - a survey of awareness and influence of the Scottish Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme (TERS).

This study aimed to evaluate awareness and influence of the TERS initiative on programme choice in Scotland in August 2017. A survey was developed and sent to GP trainees taking up a GPST post in August 2017. Ninety-five out of 245 doctors responded (response rate of 39%). Almost two-thirds (65.3%) were aware of TERS at the time of application and this was via word of mouth and from the National Recruitment Office website. Only 21% of GPSTs aware of TERS were influenced by it in their choice of training location. The locations of family, spouse or partner, and of pre-existing geographical preferences were more influential than TERS. PMID: 31315543 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Education for Primary Care - Category: Primary Care Tags: Educ Prim Care Source Type: research