What Predicts Medical Student Career Choice?

The literature on medical student career choice has identified several influences that can be categorized as student demographics, medical school characteristics, students’ perceptions of specialty characteristics, and student‐held values. A logistic regression model that included demographics, medi...

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Published inJournal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 200 - 203
Main Authors Newton, Dale A., Grayson, Martha S., Whitley, Theodore W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, MA, USA Blackwell Science, Inc 01.03.1998
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Blackwell Science Inc
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Report
Career Choice
Careers
Demographics
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Family Practice - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Independent variables
Influence
Internal medicine
Logistic Models
Male
Marital status
Medical profession
medical school characteristics
Medical schools
Medical sciences
Medical students
Medicine
Pediatrics
Primary care
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regression analysis
Socioeconomic Factors
Specialization
student demographics
Students, Medical
student‐held values
Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation
New York
United States > US
Human
Medicine
Mail inquiry
Demographic evolution
Decision criterion
Predictive factor
Public health
Career
Comparative study
Teaching
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Summary:The literature on medical student career choice has identified several influences that can be categorized as student demographics, medical school characteristics, students’ perceptions of specialty characteristics, and student‐held values. A logistic regression model that included demographics, medical school, and student‐rated influences as a proxy for perceptions and values was used to determine their relative contribution to student career choice for three consecutive cohorts of senior medical students attending two schools (n = 649). This model identified a positive relation between choice of primary care career and both student‐rated influences and one student demographic characteristic, but not between career choice and school attended. Variables positively correlated with primary care career choice were related to working with people and marital status. Negatively correlated variables were related to income and prestige.
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ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00057.x