Effect of medical student debt on mental health, academic performance and specialty choice: a systematic review. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives With the high and rising total cost of medical school, medical student debt is an increasing concern for medical students and graduates, with significant potential to impact the well-being of physicians and their patients. We hypothesised that
Pisaniello MS +6 more
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Swedish doctors' experiences and personality regarding medical specialty choice: a qualitative study. [PDF]
Int J Med Educ, 2019 Objectives To explore an understanding of medical doctors’ entire process of specialty choice with a focus on the influence of personal experiences and personality traits on choices made. Methods A qualitative study was performed.
Olsson C +3 more
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Sociological analysis of the medical field: using Bourdieu to understand the processes preceding medical doctors' specialty choice and the influence of perceived status and other forms of symbolic capital on their choices. [PDF]
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract, 2019 Several studies have demonstrated that medical students and doctors rank specialties differently in terms of perceived status and prestige. At the same time some of the specialties have problems with recruiting and retaining staff.
Olsson C, Kalén S, Ponzer S.
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Medical specialty choice and well-being at work: Physician's personality as a moderator. [PDF]
Arch Environ Occup Health, 2019 We examined whether physicians' personality traits moderate the association between medical specialty and well-being at work. Nationally representative sample of Finnish physicians (n = 2,815; 65% women; aged 25–72 years in 2015) was used.
Mullola S +7 more
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The Effect of Medical Student Volunteering in a Student-Run Clinic on Specialty Choice for Residency. [PDF]
Cureus, 2017 Introduction: Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) are a recent popular addition to medical school education, and a subset of studies has looked at the influence of SRFC volunteering on the medical student’s career development.
Brown A +5 more
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Factors affecting the specialty choice among medical students of Saudi Arabia; an exploratory study [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Career or specialty choice is one of the crucial steps of a medical student’s life. It’s a difficult yet important decision that is hard to reverse after getting into the residency program.
Sumera Nisar +5 more
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Factors associated with the specialty choice of Korean medical students: a cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
Hum Resour Health, 2016 BackgroundAn imbalance of physician supply by medical specialty has been observed in most countries. In Korea, there is a greater tendency to avoid surgical specialties and specialty choices in nonclinical medicine, such as the basic science of medicine.
Kim YY, Kim UN, Kim YS, Lee JS.
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The influence of temperament and character profiles on specialty choice and well-being in medical residents. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Background Multiple factors influence the decision to enter a career in medicine and choose a specialty. Previous studies have looked at personality differences in medicine but often were unable to describe the heterogeneity that exists within each ...
Sievert M +5 more
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The specialty choice of medical students in China: a stated preference experiment. [PDF]
BMC Med Educ, 2016 Primary Care Providers (PCPs), such as internists and general practitioners, have been deemed a way of delivering cost-effective care in an equitable way because PCPs are responsible for providing accessible basic medical care for the general population.
Liang D, Tang CX.
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The association between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Psychiatry as the specialty choice. [PDF]
Int J Med Educ, 2016 Objectives The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the association between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and prospective psychiatry residents.
Yang C, Richard G, Durkin M.
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