Factors affecting young doctors' choice of medical specialty-A qualitative study.
PLoS ONEBackgroundYoung doctors' choice of medical specialty is essential to maintaining a sufficient health workforce and developing a sustainable healthcare system. The choice of specialization is the result of numerous factors, including doctors' preferences,
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Medical Specialty Choice and Related Factors of Brazilian Medical Students and Recent Doctors. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Background Choosing a medical specialty is an important, complex, and not fully understood process. The present study investigated the factors that are related to choosing and rejecting medical specialties in a group of students and recent medical ...
Correia Lima de Souza L +4 more
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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
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Specialty choice among dental students in Ibadan Nigeria
African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2017 Background. The unequal distribution of workforce across dental specialties in Nigeria poses a significant problem in the delivery of specialists’ oral healthcare to the Nigerian population.Objectives. To determine dental specialties preferences among
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Role Models' Influence on Specialty Choice for Residency Training: A National Longitudinal Study. [PDF]
J Grad Med Educ, 2018 Yoon JD, Ham SA, Reddy ST, Curlin FA.
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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
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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
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Family Medicine, 2022 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There is a persistent shortage of primary care physicians in the United States. Medical schools can help meet societal primary care health needs by graduating more students who select family medicine and other primary care ...
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How Medical Education Pathways Influence Primary Care Specialty Choice.
Family Medicine, 2022 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Primary care is associated with improved patient health and reductions in health disparities. Consequently, the demand for primary care physicians is increasing.
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Investigating the influencing factors in Selecting a Field Specialty for Medical Students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences [PDF]
Future of Medical Education Journal, 2022 Background: The choice of a medical specialty is an important issue that has implications both for medical students and the healthcare system. This study aimed to explore the Specialty preferences and motivational factors influencing career preferences ...
Abdolhussein Shakurnia +1 more
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