A commentary on “6th year medical students’ future specialty preferences: A cross-sectional study”

An exploratory study of the academic leagues in southern Brazil: doing multiple activities

“…The literature mentions possible negative effects of ALs, such as early specialization. Although several interest groups can influence the choice of the medical specialty 29 , more than 80% of the students believe that participation in a league helped in their choice or the exclusion of the specialty 11 . There may be a correlation between the league and the specialty due to a pre-existing interest, and not necessarily a causeand-effect situation, but there is a suggestion 8 .…”

A Commentary on “Medical learning: From clinical-to-tech-based thinking (beyond typical clinical signs)”

“…Today, in post-pandemic times, there are many determinants that define quality medical education, specialty choice and professional success in medicine [ [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]. Participation in medical interest groups to develop specialized skills and deepen theoretical and practical concepts according to the area of interest, work policies, salaries and lifestyle of the surgical and medical specialties of each country, as well as the workload of care, define how favorable and resilient will be the change in the organization and decision making in medicine [ [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ].…”

“…Today, in post-pandemic times, there are many determinants that define quality medical education, specialty choice and professional success in medicine [ [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]. Participation in medical interest groups to develop specialized skills and deepen theoretical and practical concepts according to the area of interest, work policies, salaries and lifestyle of the surgical and medical specialties of each country, as well as the workload of care, define how favorable and resilient will be the change in the organization and decision making in medicine [ [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]. However, in order to transcend the traditional dual educational models, which focus only on lectures in classrooms and practices in medical rounds, it is also necessary to know the evidence and be intimately related to new technologies and the objectives of global health in the short-, medium- and long-term.…”