The nature and prevalence of threats to medical student placement capacity in primary care: a survey of East of England GP practices

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Figure 1. Main challenges of delivering medical student placements faced by practices (n = 114 [each practice selected four options])
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Figure 2. Factors influencing a practice decision to continue hosting medical student placements
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Figure 3. Thematic map of factors influencing a practice continuing to host medical student placements. (Solid blue line indicates an enhancing effect, dashed green line indicates a reductive effect).
ARR = additional roles reimbursement. GPSTs = GP specialty trainees. PA = physician associate. PCN = primary care network

Table 1. Frequencies with which each of the options were picked

Challenges faced delivering medical student placements (each of the 114 practices selected four options from this list)	Practices selecting this option, n
Your clinical/practice workload	92
Lack of space in the practice	63
Student absence owing to illness or isolating	43
Lack of clinical staff in the practice	39
The need to educate or supervise other learners that are hosted by the practice	35
Administrative burden of hosting medical students	30
The shift to remote consulting (that is, telephone and/or video) in primary care	28
Level of financial reimbursement for hosting medical students	28
Adhering to workplace guidance (for example, local and/or national policies) regarding COVID-19	20
Student accommodation and/or travel issues	19
Student attitudinal issues	17
Lack of colleagues with skills and/or interest in supervising medical students	11
Deficits in students’ skills or knowledge	10
Other	9
Reluctance of patients to consult with students	8
Student welfare issues	4

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