What Predicts Medical Student Career Choice?

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...