{"podcast":{"title":"BJGP Interviews","slug":"bjgp-interviews-1317540","podcast_index_feed_id":1317540,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/bjgp/","website_url":"https://www.bjgplife.com/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a0571431-c754-4d19-aa78-8985285552a9/a2latk3exjxonxk7ainz9t7w.jpg","author":"The British Journal of General Practice","episode_count":200,"summary":"Listen to BJGP Interviews for the latest updates on primary care and general practice research. Hear from researchers and clinicians who will update and guide you to the best practice. We all want to deliver better care to patients and improve health through better research and its translation into practice and policy. The BJGP is a leading international journal of primary care with the aim to serve the primary care community. Whether you are a general practitioner or a nurse, a researcher, we publish a full range of research studies from RCTs to the best qualitative literature on primary care. In addition, we publish editorials, articles on the clinical practice, and in-depth analysis of the topics that matter. We are inclusive and determined to serve the primary care community. BJGP Interviews brings all these articles to you through conversations with world-leading experts. The BJGP is the journal of the UK's Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). The RCGP grant full editorial independence to the BJGP and the views published in the BJGP do not necessarily represent those of the College. For all the latest research, editorials and clinical practice articles visit BJGP.or…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540"},"episode":{"title":"Choosing general practice: What shapes medical student decisions?","slug":"choosing-general-practice-what-shapes-medical-student-decisions","published_at":"2026-05-12T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540/choosing-general-practice-what-shapes-medical-student-decisions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540","url":"https://bjgplife.com/choosing-general-practice-what-shapes-medical-student-decisions","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f42c34c6-ba75-4bb6-bb98-97eb8c87fb4a.mp3","summary":"Today, we’re speaking to Catharina Savelkoul, a DPhil student in Health Economics based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. Title of paper: Factors Influencing UK Medical Students’ Choice of General Practice: A Systematic Review Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0226 The UK faces a projected shortage of approximately 15,000 GPs by 2036/37, with a declining proportion of UK medical graduates pursuing general practice. Previous research has identified various contributing factors but lacked a contemporary synthesis within a coherent theoretical framework. This systematic review examines factors influencing UK medical students' career decisions, finding three critical influences: curricula that inadequately represents general practice, a persistent negative hidden curriculum, and the impact of clinical placement quality. Our revised Bland-Meurer model incorporates these findings, providing a comprehensive framework to improve GP recruitment. This systematic review identifies the factors that shape UK medical students’ intentions toward general practice. Transcript This transcript was generated using AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Please be aware it may contain errors or omissions. Speaker A 00:00:01.120 - 00:00:59.530 Hi and welcome to BJJP Interviews. I'm Nada Khan, one of the associate editors of the bjjp. Thanks for listening to this podcast today. In today's episode, we're speaking to Katharina Savalcool. Katharina is a DPHIL student in Health Economics based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. We're here today to talk about the paper she's recently published in the BJJP titled Factors Influencing UK Medical Students Choice of General A Sys…","meta_description":"Today, we’re speaking to Catharina Savelkoul, a DPhil student in Health Economics based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":931,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bjgp-interviews-1317540/episodes/choosing-general-practice-what-shapes-medical-student-decisions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bjgp-interviews-1317540/choosing-general-practice-what-shapes-medical-student-decisions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}