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ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the specialty preferences and the reasons for those choices among medical interns and junior medical doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Guyana. Methods: A cross-sectional study of recent medical graduates at GPHC using anonymous self-administered questionnaires was used. Results: Of the study population of 66, 60 of the questionnaires that were filled were returned (response rate of 91.5%). The females comprised 60% of the respondents and 98% of the respondents were interested in Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME). Paediatrics was the most popular programme (25% of the respondents) followed by internal medicine (21%), and the main reason among the respondents for their choice of training programme was personal interest (69%). Gender differences occurred in paediatrics and ophthalmology where the females were predominant, and in orthopaedics and anaesthesia, where the males were predominant. Conclusion: To ensure an adequate and balanced medical specialists workforce for the future, information on medical graduates' perceptions and preferences of PGME and the factors influencing their choices is important to policy planners and medical educators and efforts must be made to correct any of the maldistributions noted.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Young Adult , Health Postgraduate Programs , Internship and Residency , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Guyana , Hospitals, PublicABSTRACT
Background: In India, becoming a doctor is one of the highest aspirations of many school going students and their parents. Medical profession is one of the most highly rated professions among the students mainly due to the fact that it offers prospects of a financially as well as a socially satisfying career. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August to September 2015 amongst 94 first year medical students of 2015 batch of Indian Institute of Medical Science & Research Medical College, Badnapur, Jalna, Maharashtra. A pre-designed questionnaire which assessed career choices regarding medical education was the tool of data collection. Results were analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions whenever appropriate. Results: Out of total 94 medical students, 45 (47.8%) were males and 49 (52.2%) were females. The major reason for choosing medical profession among students were to serve the community 55 (58.5%), followed by inspiration by family members 44 (46.8%) and social status attached to the profession 23 (24.4%). More than half 54 (57.4%) of them had been influenced in one way or the other by another person to pursue a medical carrier, most often a parent. Conclusions: In this study, main reason for joining medical career was the interest in service to community. Factors such as family background and inspiration or force by family members may play a role.
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Objetivo: Evaluar la experiencia del internado flexible en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad del Rosario entre los años de 1997 y 2002. Desarrollo: Se hizo un estudio descriptivo de las rotaciones escogidas por la totalidad de alumnos que realizó su internado en los años del estudio, teniendo en cuenta las rotaciones y áreas de mayor demanda por los internos y la coincidencia de esta elección con su vocación futura. Conclusiones: La mayoría de los estudiantes de último año continúa prefiriendo una formación médica general balanceada, se observa un alto porcentaje de coincidencia entre las rotaciones elegidas por los internos y su decisión definitiva de especialidad.
Objective: To evaluate the flexible program implemented for the medical internship at School of Medicine, Universidad del Rosario during the period 1997-2002. Methodology: A descriptive study was performed to summarize the choices of medical clerkships made by the interns during the whole studied period. The coincidence with the further choice of a determined medical specialty was assessed. Conclusions: Most of the last year's students remain preferring a conservative approach to their career, by choosing clerkships in a basic area, such as internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics or general surgery. The coincidence between the type of internship or clerkships a student performs and the future election of a specialty is high.