Medical Student Attitudes about Internal Medicine: A Study of U.S. Medical School Seniors in 1988

Babbott, David; Levey, Gerald S.; Weaver, Sheila O.; Killian, Charles D.

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-114-1-16

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“…In our study the factor which played the biggest role in specialty selection is personal interest followed by being helpful to the community. This is contrary to other studies where prestige, interpersonal issues, intellectual content, anticipated income, and work hours are the commonest factor for specialty selection (Babbott et al 1991, Creed et al 2010, Flynn et al 1993, Gorenflo et al 1994). When medical students select their specialties based on many different factors and are influenced in many ways.…”

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Factors influencing the choice of internal medicine as a career among undergraduate medical students

Elzain¹,

Alawad

Khan³

et al. 2014

IJH

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Background: Medical students are the future doctors in any country. The lack or surplus of medical school interest in specialties influences and affects the health services in a country. Objective: In our study we evaluated the interest of medical students in Internal Medicine at a University in Sudan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2013 at Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST), Khartoum, Sudan. A self-administered questionnaire was given to 887 male and female students enrolled at UMST. Results: A total of 887 questionnaires were handed out, of these 647 questionnaires were returned (response rate of 73%). Of the returned questionnaires 604 were valid and considered. Table 1 shows the general characteristics of the valid responses. The majority of our respondents were females 371 (61.4%) and 233 students were males (38.6%). There were 142 students interested in internal medicine. Of them, 95(21.3%) were in pre-clinical years, 47(29.6%) clinical, 25.3% were male and 22.4% were female. Amongst the subspecialties within medicine, 33.1% of students chose Cardiology as their first choice subspecialty, followed by Internal Medicine (26.8%), Neurology (13.4%) and Dermatology (11.3%). Conclusion: Medicine is second most popular specialty selected by medical students. The highest selected sub-specialty was cardiology. The main reasons for selecting Medicine as a career is personal interest, followed by being helpful to the community, and lastly job opportunities. Keywords: Career Choice, Internal Medicine, Medical Students.

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Factors influencing the choice of internal medicine as a career among undergraduate medical students

Elzain¹,

Alawad

Khan³

et al. 2014

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“…Pathologists may view the traditional second year course as a chance to recruit medical students [18,19], but medical students are more likely to choose a residency in their third or fourth (ie, clerkship) years [20]. Pathology's efforts may need to be targeted there.…”

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“…Their opinions about pathology as a career were therefore potentially quite different from the opinions of the senior medical students to whom pathology must appeal. US medical students appear to make career decisions in their senior years [20], so a better target population for qualitative career decision surveys may be either senior medical students about to decide or residents who have just made a decision.…”

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If not, why not? Reasons why Canadian postgraduate trainees chose—or did not choose—to become pathologists

Ford

2010

Human Pathology

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“…2 Research to date has focused on the factors that influence the career decisions of medical students and residents, and it indicates that sex, mentorship, experience, the intellectual content of the domain, and the perceived fit with personality are important factors to be considered when making career decisions. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Financial considerations such as escalating debt and lower future income potential havealsobeenidentifiedasreasonswhymedicalschool graduates do not consider academic careers. [18][19][20][21] Graduates also appear to be placing greater emphasis on lifestyle and control over their work hours when making career decisions.…”

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Factors Associated With the Career Choices of Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellows Trained at Academic Institutions in the United States

Horn

Koehler

Gilbert

et al. 2011

JCO

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A B S T R A C T PurposeFactors that influence hematology-oncology fellows' choice of academic medicine as a career are not well defined. We undertook a survey of hematology-oncology fellows training at cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to understand the factors fellows consider when making career decisions. MethodsProgram directors at all NCI and NCCN cancer centers were invited to participate in the study. For the purpose of analysis, fellows were grouped into three groups on the basis of interest in an academic career. Demographic data were tested with the Kruskal-Wallis test and 2 test, and nondemographic data were tested by using the multiscale bootstrap method. ResultsTwenty-eight of 56 eligible fellowship programs participated, and 236 fellows at participating institutions responded (62% response rate). Approximately 60% of fellows graduating from academic programs in the last 5 years chose academic career paths. Forty-nine percent of current fellows ranked an academic career as extremely important. Fellows choosing an academic career were more likely to have presented and published their research. Additional factors associated with choosing an academic career included factors related to mentorship, intellect, and practice type. Fellows selecting nonacademic careers prioritized lifestyle in their career decision. ConclusionRecruitment into academic medicine is essential for continued progress in the field. Our data suggest that fewer than half the current fellows training at academic centers believe a career in academic medicine is important. Efforts to improve retention in academics should include focusing on mentorship, research, and career development during fellowship training and improving the image of academic physicians.

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Medical Student Attitudes about Internal Medicine: A Study of U.S. Medical School Seniors in 1988

Cited by 64 publications

References 8 publications

Factors influencing the choice of internal medicine as a career among undergraduate medical students

Factors influencing the choice of internal medicine as a career among undergraduate medical students

If not, why not? Reasons why Canadian postgraduate trainees chose—or did not choose—to become pathologists

Factors Associated With the Career Choices of Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellows Trained at Academic Institutions in the United States

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