General practitioners' perceptions of the roles of community pharmacists and their willingness to collaborate with pharmacists in primary care.

Background: Community pharmacists (CPs) have the capacity to contribute to patient care given their expertise in medication and accessibility to residents in the community. However, multidisciplinary patient care programmes where CPs collaborate with general practitioners (GPs) in patient care is rare in Singapore despite increasing healthcare demand.

Objectives: This study explores GPs' perceptions of CPs' current roles and GPs' ideas for and attitudes towards interprofessional collaboration.

General practitioners' views on retaining Singapore's primary care doctors: a cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis.

Background: To support its ageing population and the increasing need for chronic care in the community, Singapore needs to boost the number of doctors in its primary care workforce. To better understand how to improve doctor retention and build a more robust primary care system, we conducted a cross-sectional survey with doctors in general practice and family medicine to explore their career satisfaction, their career plans, factors related to their plans to leave, and their view on retaining GPs in primary care.

Methods: An anonymous online survey was distributed to general practitioners working in the public and private sectors.

Medical students' attitudes towards and views of general practice careers in Singapore: a cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis.

Background: Like many other countries, Singapore needs to support its ageing population by attracting more doctors into general practice (GP) and family medicine (FM). To achieve this requires a better understanding of what attracts or deters medical students. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among medical students in Singapore.