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| Attitudes | Total N=280 | Cycle of studies score | Gender |
| Mean Likert scale (standard deviations) |
| 1st cycle | 2nd cycle | | Female | Male | |
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| Personal attitude towards general practice |
| General practice is a valid discipline like internal medicine or pediatrics | 3.62 (1.197) | 3.23 (1.16) | 3.76 (1.18) | <0.001 | 3.66 (1.21) | 3.56 (1.18) | 0.394 |
| Experiences in general medicine are valuable to future doctors, regardless of their eventual specialty choice | 4.19 (0.929) | 4.13 (0.89) | 4.21 (0.94) | 0.338 | 4.24 (0.88) | 4.09 (1.02) | 0.347 |
| General practitioners are particularly capable of providing comprehensive care | 3.53 (1.084) | 3.34 (1.01) | 3.60 (1.10) | 0.055 | 3.57 (1.06) | 3.44 (1.14) | 0.363 |
| GPs should spend more time per patient | 3.95 (0.932) | 4.00 (0.89) | 3.94 (0.95) | 0.717 | 4.00 (0.87) | 3.56 (1.06) | 0.439 |
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| Comparison to the specialist's work |
| The work of a hospital specialist is intellectually more stimulating than that of general practitioners | 3.34 (1.310) | 3.65 (1.31) | 3.23 (1.30) | 0.017 | 3.26 (1.31) | 3.50 (1.29) | 0.144 |
| The work of a specialist working in ambulant care is intellectually more stimulating than that of general practitioners | 3.16 (1.177) | 3.48 (1.11) | 3.06 (1.18) | 0.014 | 3.17 (1.16) | 3.14 (1.22) | 0.892 |
| A specialist (e.g., cardiologist) must earn more money than a general practitioner | 3.52 (1.230) | 3.80 (1.15) | 3.43 (1.24) | 0.026 | 3.43 (1.23) | 3.71 (1.21) | 0.062 |
| General practitioners have deeper relationships with their patients than specialists | 3.24 (1.181) | 3.14 (1.10) | 3.27 (1.21) | 0.456 | 3.16 (1.20) | 3.40 (1.14) | 0.132 |
| I would feel frustrated if I could not obtain a specialty (other than general practice) | 3.60 (1.286) | 3.86 (1.291) | 3.51 (1.28) | 0.026 | 3.61 (1.28) | 3.59 (1.32) | 0.947 |
| A general practitioner must enjoy the same prestige as the specialist | 3.62 (1.142) | 3.61 (1.12) | 3.63 (1.15) | 0.895 | 3.63 (1.12) | 3.61 (1.19) | 0.912 |
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| Image and prestige of general medicine |
| Being in general practice offers the doctor an excellent opportunity to earn a good living | 3.22 (1.040) | 3.13 (1.01) | 3.25 (1.05) | 0.438 | 3.24 (1.031) | 3.17 (1.063) | 0.632 |
| Generalists are the most respected members of their communities | 2.58 (1.006) | 2.72 (0.81) | 2.54 (1.06) | 0.073 | 2.52 (1.00) | 2.71 (1.02) | 0.207 |
| Treating acute illnesses is more beneficial than counseling or caring for patients with chronic illnesses | 2.86 (1.219) | 3.06 (1.17) | 2.80 (1.23) | 0.101 | 2.68 (1.20) | 3.24 (1.19) | <0.0001 |
| Maintaining health (prevention) is not as interesting to me as curative treatment | 2.25 (1.217) | 2.46 (1.19) | 2.18 (1.22) | 0.048 | 2.02 (1.09) | 2.74 (1.32) | <0.001 |
| I prefer to spend time dealing with patients’ medical problems rather than their psychosocial problems | 2.71 (1.316) | 2.73 (1.39) | 2.71 (1.29) | 0.997 | 2.53 (1.26) | 3.10 (1.35) | 0.001 |
| As a doctor, I take more pleasure in talking to patients | 3.74 (0.991) | 3.90 (0.85) | 3.68 (1.03) | 0.169 | 3.78 (0.98) | 3.64 (1.02) | 0.302 |
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| Future perspectives | | | | | | | |
| If I was asked to include the three most fascinating medical specialties, I would include general medicine | 2.92 (1.284) | 2.52 (1.16) | 3.06 (1.30) | 0.003 | 2.94 (1.27) | 2.89 (1.32) | 0.762 |
| The future as a specialist is more attractive than that of the general practitioner | 3.93 (0.981) | 4.03 (0.96) | 3.89 (0.99) | 0.312 | 3.89 (0.98) | 4.00 (0.98) | 0.348 |
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| Skills and qualities of a general practitioner |
| A wide variety of issues affecting all age groups interest me | 3.74 (1.012) | 3.70 (0.93) | 3.76 (1.04) | 0.520 | 3.69 (1.03) | 3.86 (0.98) | 0.189 |
| The care of geriatric patients (elderly subjects) is less interesting for me | 2.78 (1.233) | 2.54 (1.13) | 2.86 (1.26) | 0.084 | 2.68 (1.23) | 2.98 (1.23) | 0.076 |
| The quality of medical care provided by GPs is not good | 2.56 (1.184) | 2.48 (1.15) | 2.58 (1.20) | 0.594 | 2.43 (1.17) | 2.83 1.173 | 0.008 |
| In case of uncertainty, generalists should not hesitate to consult a specialist | 4.48 (0.851) | 4.37 (1.02) | 4.51 (0.79) | 0.488 | 4.54 (0.70) | 4.33 (1.09) | 0.426 |
| Generalist is not as competent as the internist or another specialist | 2.56 (1.234) | 2.73 (1.24) | 2.50 (1.23) | 0.155 | 2.42 (1.17) | 2.86 (1.32) | 0.008 |
| Complex professional training in general practice in many places and including different specialties is a reason not to choose it as a career option | 2.99 (1.145) | 3.11 (0.99) | 2.94 (1.19) | 0.276 | 2.90 (1.14) | 3.17 (1.13) | 0.075 |
| General practitioner should not take long-term responsibility for patients with chronic illness alone | 3.39 (1.127) | 3.37 (0.93) | 3.40 (1.19) | 0.699 | 3.34 (1.16) | 3.50 (1.06) | 0.288 |
| General practitioner should always consult specialists for patient management | 2.81 (1.208) | 3.13 (1.23) | 2.70 (1.18) | 0.013 | 2.78 (1.21) | 2.87 (1.20) | 0.601 |
| Other health professionals (nurse, medical assistants) should be integrated into primary care | 3.80 (0.997) | 3.62 (0.99) | 3.86 (0.99) | 0.072 | 3.85 (0.97) | 3.69 (1.06) | 0.304 |
| The provision of services by specialized doctors must be coordinated and controlled by general practitioners | 3.35 (1.116) | 3.23 (1.05) | 3.39 (1.14) | 0.207 | 3.34 (1.10) | 3.37 (1.15) | 0.766 |
| Epidemiological and preventive research in medicine interests me | 3.31 (1.275) | 3.15 (1.27) | 3.36 (1.28) | 0.272 | 3.27 (1.27) | 3.38 (1.30) | 0.510 |
| General practice is based on sound scientific principles | 3.94 (0.902) | 3.97 (086) | 3.92 (0.92) | 0.834 | 3.90 (0.86) | 4.01 (0.99) | 0.144 |
| The psychosocial care by the general practitioner encroaches on the time to allocate to clinical care | 3.24 (1.092) | 3.13 (1.07) | 3.28 (1.10) | 0.328 | 3.24 (1.10) | 3.24 (1.07) | 0.919 |
| The introduction of electronic patient records is essential | 4.15 (0.899) | 4.01 (0.89) | 4.20 (0.90) | 0.082 | 4.15 (0.81) | 4.14 (1.07) | 0.399 |
| Respect for a referral system between general practitioner and other levels of care is essential | 4.36 (0.744) | 4.25 (0.77) | 4.40 (0.73) | 0.142 | 4.39 (0.68) | 4.30 (0.87) | 0.710 |
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| Perceived place of GP in the Moroccan health system | | | | | | | |
| The Moroccan health system can only work well with general practitioners as an integral part of the system | 4.09 (1.066) | 3.85 (1.20) | 4.17 (1.01) | 0.05 | 4.05 (1.04) | 4.17 (1.12) | 0.169 |
| Morocco needs more specialists than generalists | 3.36 (1.202) | 3.62 (1.29) | 3.28 (1.16) | 0.045 | 3.40 (1.15) | 3.29 (1.30) | 0.514 |
| Working as a general practitioner in Morocco is unattractive | 3.74 (1.120) | 3.68 (1.25) | 3.76 (1.07) | 0.820 | 3.69 (1.11) | 3.83 (1.13) | 0.267 |
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