Factors affecting future specialty choice among medical students in Kuwait

Al-Fouzan, Rawan; Alajlan, Sarah Sulaiman; Marwan, Yousef; Al-Saleh, Mervat

doi:10.3402/meo.v17i0.19587

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“…The most popular factor chosen across the study was interesting field. Similarly, previous studies in Kuwait and Jordan related students' specialty choices to the intellectual content of a specialty (Al-Fouzan et al, 2012;Khader et al, 2008). The next most popular factors chosen amongst the students were both Family and Friends and previous observership experience.…”

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Career Choices Among Medical Students and Factors Influencing Their Choices

Mann-Isah¹,

Ameen²,

Jassim³

2019

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BACKGROUND: Physicians’ specialty choices have a direct impact on medical workforce. As medical students progress through medical school, it is observed that their interests in specialties change due to one reason or another. The aim of this study is to firstly identify factors that influence medical students’ career choices using a cross sectional study. Secondly, to analyze which factors are the most influential with the aim of informing the work force and curriculum developers and thus enhance the employability of graduates. METHODS: A computer generated random sample of 131 medical students was taken from the preclinical second-year medical students at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain. Questionnaires were distributed face to face and later retrieved for data collection and analysis. RESULTS: Eighty-four (70%) students responded to the survey. Thirty-two (38.1%) of the respondents were male and fifty-two (61.9%) were female. The top three preferred specialty choices were Surgery 22 (26.5%) followed by Internal medicine 12 (14.5%) and Paediatrics 11 (13.3%). The most popular factor in specialty choice was interesting field and the least popular factor was geographical location of the hospital or health instituation. CONCLUSION: The top three career choices were selected because those students felt they were interesting fields. The least important factors were geographical location of the hospitals or health instituations, media influence and financial reasons respectively.

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Career Choices Among Medical Students and Factors Influencing Their Choices

Mann-Isah¹,

Ameen²,

Jassim³

2019

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“…Although this is worrisome, this point should be interpreted with caution as surveyed participants were pre-clerkship students and had not yet been extensively exposed to physicians in healthcare settings. Nevertheless, career counseling efforts were consistently reported as incomplete or not well structured in the Gulf region [10-12], including Saudi Arabia. Based on the results of this study, advice from academic faculty (34.5%), parents (41.7%), and practicing physicians (57.9%) were not among the significant specialty-influencing factors.…”

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“…Previous studies in the United States [2], Canada [3], United Kingdom [4], New Zealand [5], Finland [6], Australia [7], China [8], Japan [9], Jordan [1], and Kuwait [10] endeavored to investigate medical students’ specialty preferences and influential motives towards selecting a prospective specialty. Within the same context, two studies have been conducted in Saudi Arabia at King Khalid University-College of Medicine (KKU-CoM) [11] and King Saud University- College of Medicine (KSU-CoM) [12].…”

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Specialty Preferences and the Factors Influencing Them Among Pre-Clerkship Medical Students: The First Study from Alfaisal University-College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

Alsubaie

Aldhofaian

Alhuwaimel

et al. 2016

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Aim: To explore the specialty preferences and the factors influencing them among pre-clerkship (second-year and third-year) medical students at Alfaisal University-College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Methods: An online, anonymous, cross-sectional, self-rating survey was administered. The survey explored socio-demographical data, specialty preferences and the factors influencing such preferences. A gender-wise statistical analysis was performed.Results: Two hundred fifty-two students participated in the survey (n=252/308; response rate: 81.8%). The three main specialties chosen by males were general surgery (33.1%), pediatrics (7.9%), and neurology-ophthalmology (5.5%). Females also opted for general surgery (20.8%) followed by dermatology (11.2%) and pediatrics (8.8%). Gender-wise specialty preferences were noted: general surgery (p<0.028) and anesthesiology (p<0.045) by males, whereas obstetrics & gynecology (p<0.017) and dermatology (p<0.005) by females. Overall, the three major influences in choosing a specialty were "specialty interest" (86.5%), "specialty flexibility" (64.3%), and "anticipated income" (61.9%). Statistically significant differences were noticed between genders regarding the following factors: "specialty prestige" (p<0.005) by males and "culture―no opposite gender patients" by females (p<0.009).Conclusion: The overall two preferred specialties were general surgery (27%) and pediatrics (8.3%). Career counseling should be offered to students about each specialty’s challenges/opportunities with an ultimate goal to match the country-specific demand and supply of physicians.

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“…Beberapa penelitian mengenai karier terhadap mahasiswa kedokteran baik nasional maupun internasional juga memperlihatkan hal yang sama. [8][9][10][11][12] Hal ini membuktikan bahwa keberadaan perempuan sebagai dokter sudah semakin diterima oleh masyarakat luas, mengingat bahwa baru pada abad ke-19 kehadiran perempuan diterima dalam dunia kedokteran. 8 Berdasarkan atas hasil penelitian tersebut di atas, pilihan sektor pekerjaan antara sektor publik sebagai pegawai negeri sipil dan swasta tidak menunjukkan perbedaan yang signifikan.…”

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Pilihan Karir Lulusan Program Pendidikan Profesi Dokter Universitas Islam Bandung Tahun 2015

Nurhayati

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Piliang

2016

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AbstrakTahun 2014 merupakan tahun penting bagi dokter di Indonesia karena mulai diberlakukannya Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) dan persiapan menjelang Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA) 2015. Alasan tersebut dapat memengaruhi pilihan karier lulusan fakultas kedokteran di Indonesia. Banyak penelitian terkait pemilihan karier kedokteran telah dilakukan di luar negeri, namun penelitian semacam ini belum pernah dilakukan di Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Islam Bandung (FK Unisba). Tujuan penelitian adalah mengetahui pilihan karier lulusan Program Pendidikan Profesi Dokter (P3D) FK Unisba tahun 2015. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan rancangan deskriptif potong lintang, dilakukan pada bulan April 2015 menggunakan kuesioner dengan sampel 53 orang menggunakan teknik whole sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas lulusan program P3D FK Unisba 2015 adalah perempuan (68%) dan profesi yang paling banyak diminati adalah dokter spesialis (85%). Tempat bekerja yang paling banyak diminati adalah rumah sakit (74%). Lokasi pekerjaan yang paling banyak diminati ialah wilayah urban di Indonesia (68%). Pilihan sektor pekerjaan tidak menunjukkan perbedaan yang signifikan antara sektor publik (40%) dan swasta (43%). Simpulan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa lulusan P3D FK Unisba 2015 lebih banyak berminat pada profesi dokter spesialis dan bekerja di rumah sakit yang berlokasi di wilayah urban Indonesia. Kata kunci: FK Unisba, pilihan karier, profesi kedokteran Career Options Among Graduates of Faculty of Medicine Bandung Islamic University Year 2015 AbstractYear 2014 was a very important moment for doctors in Indonesia since the Government began to enforce Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) and the preparation for the ASEAN Economic Society (AEC) by 2015. Both reasons might influenced the choice of career of medical graduates in Indonesia. Many medical careers selection related research has been conducted abroad, but this kind of research has not been done in Medical Faculty of Bandung Islamic University (FK Unisba). The purpose of this study was to determine the career choice of graduates of Physician Professional Education Program (P3D) FK Unisba year 2015. This was cross sectional design. The study was conducted in April 2015 using questionnaire with 53 respondents. The results of this study indicated that the majority of P3D graduates FK Unisba were women (68%), with the most favourable profession were specialists (85%). The most demanding work place was hospital (74%), location of the most interesting work was the urban area in Indonesia (68%). Selection work sector showed no significant differences between the public sector (40%) and private (43%). The conclusion of this study showed that graduates of P3D FK Unisba year 2015 mostly interested to be specialist and works in hospital which located in urban area in Indonesia.

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Factors affecting future specialty choice among medical students in Kuwait

Cited by 65 publications

References 15 publications

Career Choices Among Medical Students and Factors Influencing Their Choices

Career Choices Among Medical Students and Factors Influencing Their Choices

Specialty Preferences and the Factors Influencing Them Among Pre-Clerkship Medical Students: The First Study from Alfaisal University-College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia

Pilihan Karir Lulusan Program Pendidikan Profesi Dokter Universitas Islam Bandung Tahun 2015

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