M Aira1, P Mäntyselkä, A Vehviläinen, E Kumpusalo. 1. Unit of Primary Health Care, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Asemakatu 44 A 4, 70110 Kuopio, Finland. marja.aira@uef.fi
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is proposed that isolation in general practice is one of the factors that leads to work-related stress and the low attraction of this work. In Finland, 71% of physicians who worked or had worked in a primary health care centre agreed with the statement 'working as a doctor in a health centre is too often isolated work'. AIMS: To gain a deeper understanding of this feeling and to find out which factors constitute it. METHODS: A qualitative in-depth interview study of 32 physicians working in a primary health care centre in Finland. Qualitative analysis of transcribed verbatim interviews using a constant comparison method. RESULTS: The main components of isolation were making decisions alone, lack of collaboration with other workers in the health centre and secondary care specialists, not being a part of the work community and lack of mentoring at work. CONCLUSIONS: Enabling flexible teamwork and social and professional support networks are the key issues in solving the problem of occupational isolation in general practice.
BACKGROUND: It is proposed that isolation in general practice is one of the factors that leads to work-related stress and the low attraction of this work. In Finland, 71% of physicians who worked or had worked in a primary health care centre agreed with the statement 'working as a doctor in a health centre is too often isolated work'. AIMS: To gain a deeper understanding of this feeling and to find out which factors constitute it. METHODS: A qualitative in-depth interview study of 32 physicians working in a primary health care centre in Finland. Qualitative analysis of transcribed verbatim interviews using a constant comparison method. RESULTS: The main components of isolation were making decisions alone, lack of collaboration with other workers in the health centre and secondary care specialists, not being a part of the work community and lack of mentoring at work. CONCLUSIONS: Enabling flexible teamwork and social and professional support networks are the key issues in solving the problem of occupational isolation in general practice.
Authors: Frédéric Dutheil; Lenise M Parreira; Julia Eismann; François-Xavier Lesage; David Balayssac; Céline Lambert; Maëlys Clinchamps; Denis Pezet; Bruno Pereira; Bertrand Le Roy Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2021-11-16 Impact factor: 3.390
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