Career choices of final year medical students and interns at King Abdulaziz University: Where does orthopaedics stand?

Ashour, Abdullah; Asiri, Mohammed Abdulaziz Ayoub; Alghamdi, Mansour A.; Jamjoom, Amna; Alghamdi, Ahmed; Chaudhary, Ali

doi:10.4103/jhs.jhs_49_17

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“…The interns gets benefited from the rotation policy and exposed to broader range of specialties, which indeed helps them to have broader career options. All medical and dental associations should help the institute to arrange career counselling and prepare medical and dental interns to face the challenges after graduation [2,3].…”

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Experience and Perceptions of Medical and Dental Interns on the Effects of the COVID- 19 Pandemic on their Internship Program- A Questionnaire Based Study in Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia

Shetty

Wali

Maleh

et al. 2021

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Introduction: COVID-19 is a highly infectious disease caused by an RNA virus belonging to a large family of coronaviruses. WHO declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency and classified it as a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the medical education globally. Aim of the Study: The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the internship program. Materials and Methods: A cross‑sectional study was conducted among the medical and dental students of various universities in Makkah region of Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire consisting of 15 close ended, pre-tested questions was developed to determine the experiences and perceptions of medical and dental interns due to COVID-19. The data were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS version 21. Chi-square test was used to assess the experiences and perceptions among the Medical and Dental interns. P-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The study included 453 participants, out of which 253 were dental interns and 200 were medical interns. 231 (51%) of male interns participated in this study and 222 (49%) female interns participated. 140 (55.6%) and 138 (69.3%) of the participants of the dental and medical interns respectively felt COVID-19 affected options to select specialties of their interest for post-graduation, whereas, 112 (44.4%) and 61 (30.7%) of the dental and medical interns felt other way. Conclusion: Majority of the participants reported that COVID-19 did not affect them psychologically. In addition, most of the medical and dental interns felt covid -19 affected opinions to select specialties of their interest for post-graduation.

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Experience and Perceptions of Medical and Dental Interns on the Effects of the COVID- 19 Pandemic on their Internship Program- A Questionnaire Based Study in Makkah Region of Saudi Arabia

Shetty

Wali

Maleh

et al. 2021

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“…A study conducted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to assess medical students’ and interns’ interest in a variety of specialties found that of the 16 participants who were interested in orthopedics, only three were women; the study concluded that this difference was mainly due to participants’ interest and not their grade point average, level of education, or gender. 4 A similar study found that only 2% of women participants were interested in pursuing orthopedic surgery in the future. When asked about their perceptions of orthopedic surgery, they described it as boring.…”

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Students’ Interest in Orthopedic Surgery in Saudi Arabia

Aljuhani,

Albaiahy,

Alanizy

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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OBJECTIVES The demand for orthopedic surgery is expected to increase as the Saudi population grows and ages. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the interest of medical students and interns in orthopedic surgery and the factors that influence their interest. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured questionnaire adapted from a similar study and modified by the authors. The questionnaire was distributed via email to more than 500 medical students from the second year to the internship year. The questionnaire was designed to assess knowledge, interest, and students’ perception of orthopedics. RESULTS Five hundred and ten responses were obtained; 382 (74.90%) were from women. Gender, family orientation, private practice, and perceptions of orthopedic surgery as a stressful specialty or a specialty in crisis were variables that did not influence participants’ perceptions of orthopedic surgery. Further, 13% of participants showed early interest in orthopedic surgery, especially during their third year of medical school. Most of the interested participants recognized that having strong level of knowledge, future academic opportunities, a controllable lifestyle, direct patient care, experience during their clerkship, a high salary, immediate satisfaction, and a prestigious specialty were important aspects that determined their interest in considering a future career in orthopedic surgery. Work preferences that had a significant impact on interest included working with patients not requiring long-term care, working only in the hospital, working outside the hospital, and working only during the day. CONCLUSION There was no difference between genders in terms of interest in orthopedic surgery. This study might serve as a basis for future research assessing the interest of medical students in orthopedic surgery as well as identifying and managing the barriers that prevent students from pursuing careers as orthopedic surgeons.

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“…There is an extensive variety of medical specialties which may challenge medical students, owing to the numerous factors that must be accounted for in selecting a profession or area of specialization. Understanding the factors that lead to the choice of a specialty is important to address the job market requirements [ 3 ].…”

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