* Corresponding author: Claudia Marotta, marotta.claudia@gmail.com DOI: 10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.17 All rights reserved. ISSN: 2279-7165 - Available on-line at www.embj.org EUROMEDITERRANEAN BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL 2017,12 (17) 077–086 (FORMERLY: CAPSULA EBURNEA) Original article MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS AND LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF ITALIAN JUNIOR DOCTORS WITH REGARD TO KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED ATTENDING SPECIFIC GENERAL PRACTICE TRAINING COURSES. A NATIONAL WEB SURVEY. Walter Mazzucco 1 , Claudia Marotta 1,a , Chiara de Waure 3 , Gianluca Marini 4,b , David Fasoletti 5,b,c,d ,Antonia Colicchio 6,b ,Davide Luppi 7,b , Fabio Pignatti 14,a , Giorgio Sessa 5,a , Andrea Silenzi 3,a , Giuseppe Puccio 1 , Paolo Parente 3,a , Claudio Costantino 1,a and the Italian General Practice and Primary Health Care Working Group *. 1. Department of Science for Health Promotion and Mother to Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy 2. Institute of Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy 3. Out-of-hours Service, Local Health Unit of Marche, Macerata, Italy 4. Primary Care Service, Local Health Unit of Trento, Ledro, Italy 5. Primary Care Service and Out-of-hours service, Local Health Unit of Rome 2, Rome, Italy 6. Primary Care Service, Local Health Unit of Modena, Italy 7. Primary Care Department, Local Health Unit of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy 8. Out-of-hours Service, Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy 9. Teaching Hospital “P. Giaccone”, Palermo, Italy a. Italian Junior Doctors Association b. Movimento Giotto c. Vasco Da Gama Movement d. European research network for out-of-hours primary health care (EurOOHnet) * The Italian General Practice and Primary Health Care Working Group: Paola Bonetti (Primary Care Service, Local Health Unit of Rome 2, Rome, Italy), Stella Gangi (Out-of-hours Service, Local Health Unit of Enna, Enna, Italia), Emanuele Maffongelli (Out-of-hours Service, Local Health Unit of Viterbo, Viterbo, Italia, Primary Care Service, Local Health Unit of Rome 2, Rome, Italy), Rosalba Nanìa (Health Emergency Service, Local Health Unit of Messina, Messina, Italia), Stefania Russo (Primary Care Service, Local Health Unit of Rome 2, Rome, Italy).