Attitudes, Motivators, and Barriers to a Career in Surgery: A National Study of UK Undergraduate Medical Students

Sutton, Paul; Mason, John; Vimalachandran, Dale; McNally, Scarlett

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.03.005

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“…Un total de 252 estudiantes (65,87% mujeres), denotando una tasa de respuesta de 50%, fueron incluidos en el análisis. La edad promedio de los participantes fue 22,20 ± 1,92 (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) años. El promedio global de la intención de optar por una carrera en cirugía fue 3,15 ± 1,34 (IC 95% 2,99-3,32).…”

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¿Tienes lo que hay que tener?: Un análisis de los factores asociados con la intención de optar por una carrera en cirugía entre estudiantes de medicina.

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Introducción: Los cambios en la práctica profesional han transformado la intención de los estudiantes de medicina de optar por una carrera en cirugía. El propósito de este este estudio es evaluar los factores asociados con esta intención en un contexto de acelerada dinámica educativa y sanitaria. Métodos: Evaluamos la intención de los estudiantes de diez facultades de medicina en Colombia, y los factores asociados, mediante un cuestionario (escala de Likert) desarrollado a partir de la revisión de la literatura. Identificamos la asociación entre los factores y la intención mediante un análisis de regresión lineal. Los resultados de la regresión se presentan mediante coeficientes b (p<,05). Resultados: Un total de 252 estudiantes (65,87% mujeres) fueron incluidos en el análisis. El promedio de la intención fue 3,15 ± 1,34 (1-5). Los factores significativamente asociados fueron: identificación con el estilo de vida quirúrgico (b = 0,25); identificación con modelos (b = 0,18); atributos personales (b = 0,25) e identificación con la práctica profesional del cirujano (b = 0,16). No encontramos asociación significativa con el genero (mujeres en la especialidad), prestigio, dinámica del posgrado ni recompensa futura. Conclusión: Existe una intención moderada de elegir una carrera de cirugía entre estudiantes de medicina colombianos. Optar por esta carrera requiere atributos personales, modelos e identificación con el estilo de vida y práctica profesional del cirujano. Se requieren estudios cualitativos que exploren en profundidad estos resultados e intervenciones focalizadas a estimular esta intención entre los estudiantes.

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¿Tienes lo que hay que tener?: Un análisis de los factores asociados con la intención de optar por una carrera en cirugía entre estudiantes de medicina.

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“…Search criteria included mentorship in surgery, mentorship in medicine, academic medicine or surgery, women in surgery, and women in medicine. While many themes emerged, much of the surgical mentorship literature has focused on negative "barriers" to mentorship, rather than positive facilitating factors (6,7,17,20). The Merriam-Webster dictionary (21) defines "barrier" as "1) something (such as a fence or natural obstacle) that prevents or blocks movement from one place to another, 2) a law, rule, problem, etc.…”

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“…A survey of senior medical students found that surgeons can be the best or worst advertisement for a career in surgery (20). An example of negative correlation with mentorship is the survey of surgery residents who thought about leaving surgery residency (23).…”

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Eliminating Mentors in Favor of Collaborators: Review and Challenge of Current Mentorship Literature

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Lee

Blair

et al. 2015

J Minim Invasive Surg Sci

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Context: Mentorship in academic medicine, surgery, and surgical subspecialties has been examined broadly in the literature at the student, resident, early, and senior faculty level. These studies have explored mentorship in general, as well as gender specific differences or issues that arise. Less studied is the idea of collaboration in surgical training. Evidence Acquisition: The objective of this review is to summarize the current literature on mentorship and delineate its future. Results: Traditional paradigms of the mentor plotting the career of the mentee may not be possible in the future. In the ever-changing practice of surgery, time constraints are only increasing, making the act of mentoring more difficult. Conclusions:The mentee or trainee must take a more active role and seek out mentorship, seek out collaboration, be more proactive, and communicate their needs and career goals early on.

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“…In the UK, the majority of final year medical students had not only lost their interest in applying from general surgery, but they had developed perceptions of the field which actively deterred them from the specialty [6]. It has been shown that choosing a specialty starts as early as medical student for many trainees [7]; if this population is not inspired early, the current decline in applications is likely to continue.…”

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Declining interest in general surgical training – Challenging misconceptions and improving access at undergraduate level

Thomas¹,

Murtaza²,

Spiers³

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Annals of Medicine and Surgery

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BackgroundIn recent years, general surgery has faced a decline in applicants for postgraduate training. The St. George's Surgical Society hosted a national surgical conference with an aim to explore the reasons for the decline and to investigate the effectiveness of a one-day intervention on students' perceptions of general surgery and surgical skills.Materials and methodsThe conference took place on 20th January 2018 at St. George's, University of London. During the conference, medical students received lectures on “careers in surgery” and small-group workshops introducing students to simulation-based laparoscopic machines. Delegates were invited to complete before and after questionnaires looking at various domains; (1) Perceptions of general surgery, (2) Simulation skills, and (3) Usefulness of the day.ResultsThere were significant impacts on student perceptions of the speciality such as increases in the views that "general surgery contained the opportunities for personal and professional development" (26%, p = 0.04), and of "general surgery as a rewarding speciality" (26%, p = 0.05). There were also negative changes such as an increase in the perception that “general surgery is female unfriendly” (+32%, p = 0.01). There were positive findings in all aspects relating to the use of laparoscopic simulation.DiscussionThe challenges faced in improving access to general surgery has been highlighted. More importantly the benefits of a one day intervention in addressing misconceptions and improving knowledge was seen. This study also shows the benefits of simulation teaching in the undergraduate curriculum.ConclusionThe intervention has improved the perceptions on general surgery, surgical skills and knowledge and provided a platform for engaging students and clinicians.

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Attitudes, Motivators, and Barriers to a Career in Surgery: A National Study of UK Undergraduate Medical Students

Cited by 69 publications

References 15 publications

¿Tienes lo que hay que tener?: Un análisis de los factores asociados con la intención de optar por una carrera en cirugía entre estudiantes de medicina.

¿Tienes lo que hay que tener?: Un análisis de los factores asociados con la intención de optar por una carrera en cirugía entre estudiantes de medicina.

Eliminating Mentors in Favor of Collaborators: Review and Challenge of Current Mentorship Literature

Declining interest in general surgical training – Challenging misconceptions and improving access at undergraduate level

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