Factors influencing medical students’ choice of emergency medicine as a career specialty—a descriptive study of Saudi medical students

• Published in: International journal of emergency medicine Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 14 - 7
• Main Authors: Alkhaneen, Hadeel, Alhusain, Faisal, Alshehri, Khalid, Al Jerian, Nawfal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 07.03.2018; Springer Nature B.V; BMC
• Subjects: Angiology; Cardiology; Career development planning; Careers; Educational Advances in Emergency Medicine; Emergency medical care; Emergency Medicine; Future career; Internal Medicine; Lifestyles; Medical education; Medical schools; Medical students; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Motivation; Pediatrics; Questionnaires; Saudi Arabia; Students; Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Medical education; Future career; Emergency medicine

Background Choosing a medical specialty is a poorly understood process. Although studies conducted around the world have attempted to identify the factors that affect medical students’ choice of specialty, data is scarce on the factors that influence the choice of specialty of Saudi Arabian medical...