Classification Model That Predicts Medical Students' Choices of Primary Care or Non-Primary Care Specialties

This study identified factors in graduating medical students' choice of primary versus nonprimary care specialty. Subjects were 509 students at the Medical College of Georgia in 1988-90. Students could be classified by such factors as desire for longitudinal patient care opportunities, monetary...

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Published inAcademic medicine Vol. 67; no. 5; p. 324
Main Author Fincher, Ruth-Marie E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.1992
Subjects
Career Choice
Classification
Compensation (Remuneration)
Decision Making
Discriminant Analysis
Economic Factors
Employment Opportunities
Family Practice (Medicine)
Family Practice - standards
Georgia
Graduate Surveys
Higher Education
Humans
Income
Internal Medicine - standards
Life Style
Long-Term Care
Medical College of Georgia
Medical Education
Medical Students
Medicine - standards
Models, Psychological
Pediatrics - standards
Predictor Variables
Prestige
Primary Health Care
Professional Education
Rewards
School Surveys
Social Perception
Specialization
Student Attitudes
Students, Medical - classification
Students, Medical - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Georgia
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Summary:This study identified factors in graduating medical students' choice of primary versus nonprimary care specialty. Subjects were 509 students at the Medical College of Georgia in 1988-90. Students could be classified by such factors as desire for longitudinal patient care opportunities, monetary rewards, perception of lifestyle, and perception of prestige of the specialty. (Author/MSE)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-199205000-00011