RESUMEN
Objective: To find out the preference of medical students in Pakistan
Study Design: Observational / descriptive / cross-sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at Avicenna Medical College from January 2016 to March 2016
Materials and Methods: All the 2[nd] year students were included in the study. They were asked to fill a self- designed questionnaire in which along the demographic details, they were to mention the field which they want to continue for specialization. Also they were to mention the reason for opting that specialty
Results: A total of 105 students participated in the study. The mean age of participants was calculated as 21.75 +/- 3.68 years. There were 73 [69.5%] females while 32 [30.5%] male participants. The most commonly opted field was clinical sciences and among them surgery was selected by most of the participants. The most common reason for opting particular specialty was interest of the students
Conclusion: We conclude that interest of our medical students into basic medical sciences is less than clinical sciences. We need to identify the factors and take certain measures so that more students could opt basic sciences also as their career