Morale among general practitioners: qualitative study exploring relations between partnership arrangements, personal style, and workload.

نویسندگان

  • Guro Huby
  • Marian Gerry
  • Brian McKinstry
  • Mike Porter
  • Johnstone Shaw
  • Robert Wrate
چکیده

OBJECTIVES To explore general practitioners' experiences of wellbeing and distress at work, to identify their perceptions of the causes of and solutions to distress, and to draw out implications for improving morale in general practice. DESIGN Three stage qualitative study consisting of one to one unstructured interviews, one to one guided interviews, and focus groups. SETTING Fife, Lothian, and the Borders, South East Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 63 general practitioner principals. RESULTS Morale of general practitioners was explained by the complex interrelations between factors. Three key factors were identified: workload, personal style, and practice arrangements. Workload was commonly identified as a cause of low morale, but partnership arrangements were also a key mediating variable between increasing workload and external changes in general practice on the one hand and individual responses to these changes on the other. Integrated interventions at personal, partnership, and practice levels were seen to make considerable contributions to improving morale. Effective partnerships helped individuals to manage workload, but increasing workload was also seen to take away time and opportunities for practices to manage change and to build supportive and effective working environments. CONCLUSIONS Solutions to the problem of low morale need integrated initiatives at individual, partnership, practice, and policy levels. Improving partnership arrangements is a key intervention, and rigorous action research is needed to evaluate different approaches.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 325 7356  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002