Specialty choice determinants among Mexican medical students: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2019 Background The choice of medical specialty is related to multiple factors, students’ values, and specialty perceptions. Research in this area is needed in low- and middle-income countries, where the alignment of specialty training with national ...
Carlos Gutiérrez-Cirlos +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Exploring factors influencing medical specialty choice among undergraduates in The Gambia: a situated expectancy-value theory approach [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationIntroduction The selection of a medical specialty is a critical juncture in the professional development of medical students, with implications for individual career satisfaction and for the distribution of the national health workforce.
Andrea Nicaise Bikay +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
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
doaj +2 more sources
Factors affecting future specialty choice among medical students in Kuwait [PDF]
Medical Education Online, 2012 Background: Choosing a medical specialty can be either a daunting and confusing experience for some medical students and junior doctors or a foregone conclusion to others.
Rawan Al-Fouzan +3 more
doaj +3 more sources
Factors Influencing Medical Students' Choice of Specialty
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006 Medical school graduates are the source of a country's physicians. Determining how the graduates of these schools select their areas of specialization is the key to achieving a balanced distribution of doctors among all specialties.
Pei-Yeh Chang +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
Specialty choice preference of medical students according to personality traits by Five-Factor Model [PDF]
Korean Journal of Medical Education, 2016 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between personality traits, using the Five-Factor Model, and characteristics and motivational factors affecting specialty choice in Korean medical students.
Oh Young Kwon, So Youn Park
doaj +2 more sources
Community medicine - A specialty of choice?
Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2022 Jyolsna Nair +4 more
doaj +2 more sources
Factors affecting the satisfaction and choice of specialization in medical students: A case study in Babol university of medical sciences [PDF]
Journal of Medical Education Development, 2022 Background & Objective: The assessment of the interest of medical students in continuing their studies in specialized fields and the factors affecting it can play a strategic role in macro educational planning.
Sara Salehian +4 more
doaj +1 more source
AN EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELECTION OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021 Background: Coherence between the manpower needs in healthcare and factors which determine the specialization preferences of medical faculty students (MFS) is very important for efficiency.
Ayşe Nur Balcı Yapalak +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2023 The authors describe the residency match as a two-step process. The first step, the Choice, is where students use a combination of intuitive and analytic information processing to select the specialty that they believe will provide fulfilment and work ...
Melinda Davis +3 more
doaj +1 more source