Does a degree in medicine or a specialist programme or socioeconomic status advance the career of general practitioners in primary healthcare?

• Dandan Zheng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Science and Technology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

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• Gazi Mahabubul Alam ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gazimalamb@yahoo.com

  Affiliation School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2867-6793

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• Karima Bashir,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Educational Foundation, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State, Nigeria

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• Norlizah Che Hassan,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Foundation of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

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• Miao Lei

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Student Affairs Division, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China

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