• There is an ongoing shortage of general practitioners in Australia, accompanied by a decline in the popularity of general practice as a career choice. • Many factors influence the career choice of junior doctors and medical students, including role models, the quality of clinical attachments during training, remuneration, and flexibility of training and working hours. • Evidence-based strategies that could increase the number of doctors choosing general practice as a career include longer and higher-quality general practice attachments during medical school and the early postgraduate years, and emphasising the positive aspects of general practice, such as flexibility. • General practice would become a more attractive choice if remuneration was in line with hospital specialties
