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

• Published in: Academic medicine Vol. 67; no. 5; p. 324
• Main Author: Fincher, Ruth-Marie E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...