Survey on employment intention of medical students in six Chinese universities / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To survey the employment intention of medical students in different universities in China.Methods A total of 1354 fourth-year or above medical students from 6 medical universities in China were selected for survey by random cluster sampling.A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the basic information of students and their employment intention.Results Overall 46.5％ (620/1333) of all students choose cities in economically-developed region as their desired working sites.45.5 ％ (363/797) of students studying in 4 Shanghai medical universities and 34.5％ (185/536) in other 2 non-Shanghai universities would first choose their original cities as working sites,respectively.81.3％ (1078/1326) of students preferred working in large public hospital,especially for those studying for higher degrees (88.0％,581/660).51％ of undergraduates expected 4000 RMB as monthly pay for graduation.Male students (54.6％,332/608) expected more income than female (47.9％,335/700),graduates (57.9％,377/651) expected higher payment than undergraduates (44.1％,290/657).Conclusion The survey shows that medical students in China mainly prefer cities and large public hospitals as working sites for their career development.