Résumé
According to the 2013 ISNAR-IMG article, in France, 75% of general resident doctors (GRD) defend their thesis at the end of their residency. Between 1999 and 2006, only 1.1% of European publications are related to primary care research. The Young Researchers Day (YRD) is a primary care training day designed by the department of general practice of Montpellier-Nimes and with a group of GRDs. The objective of this work was to measure satisfaction, knowledge, and the behaviors of GRDs’ evolution following the first edition of the YRD using the Kirkpatrick method. Method: this quantitative, descriptive, and analytical study included all GRDs who participated to the YRD. They completed a pre-test and 2 post-test questionnaires, one immediately after and the other 3 months later. Univariate statistical analysis was performed with the student’s test, the Chi-square test and the Fisher’s exact test. Results: 37 questionnaires were matched and analyzed. 60% of the GRDs were satisfied or very satisfied by the YRD. The increase of knowledge was of 0.6/5 and of behaviors was 0.2/5 (p=0.008). Discussion: the GRDs strongly appreciated the YRD. This study showed a statistically significant increase of GRDs’ knowledge and behaviors which validate the first 3 levels of Kirkpatrick’s method. This YRD’s first edition lays the foundation of the primary care research training for future general practices. Its yearly renewal contributes to primary care research dynamics.