Willingness to commute among future physicians: a multicenter cross-sectional survey of German medical students

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
Johannes QuartThomas Frese

Abstract

Many countries are faced with a decrease in physicians in non-urban areas. Especially for regions with decreasing populations, temporary solutions like commuting models might be a suitable option. So far, little is known about the willingness to commute among future physicians. In this multicenter, cross-sectional survey, five years of medical students (8th to 10th semester) from three German universities (Charité Berlin, Halle, Leipzig) were questioned about their willingness to commute to work, the maximum acceptable commute time, and how several job-related factors might enhance the attractiveness of commuting. Altogether 1108 of 1203 (92.1%) students completed the questionnaire. For 55.9% of the participants it was imaginable to commute to a non-urban area in the future. The most important job-related factors that would increase the attractiveness of such a commuting model were remuneration of the commuting time, higher remuneration in general, working self-employed in a joint practice with 2-3 physicians, existence of a specifically qualified "supply assistant", provision of a home office, good public transport connection, and a driver service. The maximum acceptable commute time was on average 39.0 min (one-way). If the w...Continue Reading

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Mar 23, 2019·Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology·Dörthe BrüggmannStefanie Mache

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