1987
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00514.x
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Specialty choice of medical students in India

Abstract: The objectives of this study are to investigate undergraduate medical students' attitudes towards different specialties and to investigate whether there are any differences between the attitudes of students of different sex and different socio-economic background. The sample consisted of 692 final-year students from 11 medical colleges in India. Scale values were worked out to find out the actual distance between students' attitudes. Sex differences were observed in the attitude towards surgery, obstetrics and… Show more

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“…In the ranking of the specialties the students ranked the specialty of social and preventive medicine 15 out of 19, thereby clearly indicating the importance which they give to this specialty. This has already been published (Ramalingaswami 1987).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…In the ranking of the specialties the students ranked the specialty of social and preventive medicine 15 out of 19, thereby clearly indicating the importance which they give to this specialty. This has already been published (Ramalingaswami 1987).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…Araştırmacılar, değerlendirme sonuçlarının öğretimin kalitesini arttırmada yardımcı olduğu konusunda hemfikirdir (11,12). Tıp fakültelerinde eğitime ve programlara yönelik yapılan araştırmalarda, öğrenci görüş ve geribildirimleri önemsenmekte ve değerlendirme sonuçları, eğitimin şekillendirilmesinde yol gösterici olarak kullanılmaktadır (5,13,14). 1991 yılında Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi tarafından tıp fakültelerinden mezun olan intörn hekimlerin mesleki rollerini başarı ile yapabilmeleri için gerekli bilgi, beceri, tutum ve alışkanlıklara sahip olup olmadıklarını tespit etmek, varsa yetersizliklerin nedenlerini bulmak ve gerekli tedbirleri almak amacıyla Meclis araştırma komisyonu kurulmuştur.…”
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“…Several past studies in India on medical students have found these factors to include issues of life-style, compensation, personal interests, perceptions of job opportunity and influence of role model. [4][5][6] We may only stem this decline in preference of top rankers in pulmonary medicine if we know the exact reasons for the same. Thus, sociodemographic and academic covariates of student preferences, concerning our speciality, urgently need In India, similar to the United Kingdom (UK), pulmonary medicine has historically represented a separate training pathway from internal medicine and continues to to be so, considering our chequered history with tuberculosis.…”
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confidence: 99%