Reflections of indian medical graduates participating in the family adoption program: A qualitative evaluation, at bundelkhand region, India.

Background: Primary health care consists of four principles, namely equitable distribution, community participation, intersectoral coordination, and appropriate technology. The Family Adoption Program focused on second principal community participation. Here medical students gain an experience of how the people's daily lives affect their health. This is achieved by the community medicine department through family health research and field practice. The recently mandated Family Adoption Program (FAP) presents both opportunities and challenges for all undergraduate medical students. The study intends to comprehend how different stakeholders view this program. Methods: A qualitative exploratory investigation was undertaken. The medical undergraduate and postgraduate students and involved stakeholders were specifically invited to participate. The selected participants in this study were 10 faculty (F) members, 10 postgraduates (PG), and 85 medical undergraduate (UG) students for Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) contributed qualitative inputs for thematic analysis. Results: Participants found that FAP can provide insight into patients' and their families' living conditions and encourage students to pursue their desired careers. Major obstacles comprised a lack of transportation, inadequate supply chain and logistics, as well as a staff deficit in medical colleges. Different people have different ideas, so there was disagreement on the appropriate moment to initiate the student into FAP. It was also thought crucial to gain the family's trust and cooperation, as well as to lower concerns. Faculty involvement in the field was encouraged; however, concerns were raised about there being less need for faculty in the field. Conclusions: FAP has received mixed evaluations regarding its utility and sustainable growth in the future. However, with proper motivation and supervision, it has the capability to significantly improve medical education and the lives of adopted families.