Factors affecting medical students in formulating their specialty preferences in Jordan

Khader, Yousef; Al-Zoubi, Dema; Amarin, Zouhair; Alkafagei, Ahmad; Khasawneh, Mohammad Ali; Burgan, S.; Salem, Khalid El; Omari, Mousa Al

doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-32

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“…These results are very identical to results of Dikici et al Their research indicates that, the three most preferred specialities are cardiology, paediatrics and ophthalmology (Dikici et al, 2008). Similar results in a recent study from Jordan surgery was the choice of 65% of second year medical students, but only 38% chose surgery by the final year (Khader et al, 2008). Six departments were without any score (Biophysics, Biostatistics, Histology & Embryology, Clinical Bacteriology & Infectious Diseases, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Biology).…”

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Curriculum Needs Redesigning; Enforced by Changes of Interest in Career Planning of Medical Students from Year 1 to Year 5

TONTUŞ¹,

KARABEY²,

GÜRDAL³

2010

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To assess Year 1, Year 3 and Year 5 medical students' interest in a career in different specialities. Little research addresses how medical students develop their choice of speciality training in Turkey. The purpose of this research was to clarify factors considered by medical students when planning their specialty choice. Interest and expectation questionnaire to 243 students in Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical Faculty in their 1st, 3rd and 5th year of education. Analysis of the collected data from 243 medical students in the same medical faculty. Data collected by paper based questionnaire from three different school year students in educational year 2009-2010. Although, Year 5 students' aiming towards to Clinical Sciences by 76.47%, Year 1 students choose Surgical Sciences for their postgraduate career by 61.65%. In their mind, Students started their undergraduate medical education as Surgeon but graduated as Clinical Specialist. Most prominent factor on choosing career is personal interest and personal skills for all students groups. Most wanted speciality is Ophthalmology for all cumulative groups. Departmental director of the medical specialties trying to influence on students positively in favour of their department as a career choice. But the students' choice is enhanced by own interest and skills. Our findings may be useful to medical faculty and governments and professional medical organizations as a whole are taking actions to make better futuristic plan for community.

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Curriculum Needs Redesigning; Enforced by Changes of Interest in Career Planning of Medical Students from Year 1 to Year 5

TONTUŞ¹,

KARABEY²,

GÜRDAL³

2010

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“…10,11 Because India is a developing country, financial rewards could be one crucial factor in choosing a career. This could be the reason why most of the students have chosen specialties which have a proven record of financial gains.…”

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Community medicine: perceptions among medical students and career preference: a cross sectional study

Sadawarte

Kakeri

Nandanwar

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Learning community medicine helps the student not only to become a good clinician but also a good manager, educator and a researcher. Community medicine exposes medical students to primary and secondary healthcare settings and to promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services. This helps them to serve the needy people with a holistic approach. The objective is to find the perceptions of medical students regarding Community Medicine as a Medical Subject and as a career preference. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of 2 months. It was conducted on 200 students of Final year part I of MBBS in a tertiary care hospital by using universal sampling method. Data was collected from all the students using a self-administered pre-tested questionnaire using Likert’s scale. Results: Total 212 students participated in this study out of which 125 were boys and 87 were girls. The perceptions of students about community medicine were that this field gives an overall view of community’s medical needs. Curriculum is too vast and needs to be modified. More research should be done in community. Teaching methodology should be modified for making topics interesting. More number of girls was interested in taking community medicine as a career. Conclusions: Students perceptions regarding the field of community medicine showed that community medicine is essential for successful medical practice. But the teachers must make this subject more interesting by giving more practical insight and improving the teaching modalities.

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“…5,6 Studying the quality of the factors affecting students' academic performance can help provide important information to improve educational programs. 7 Few studies have described the factors that affect student success in undergraduate medical education. Besides other factors, student's perception and preferences among different medical specialties contribute towards the academic performance of students.…”

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“…Besides other factors, student's perception and preferences among different medical specialties contribute towards the academic performance of students. 7 The medical curriculum comprises three stages: pre-clinical, para clinical and clinical. Majority students are usually obsessed with clinical background subjects.…”

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A study to assess factors affecting the performance of undergraduate medical students in academic examination in community medicine

Gupta

Singh

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Undergraduate medical education is facing many basic problems in India today. This study aimed to identify and analyze factors that affect the students’ academic performance in Community Medicine. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at the Department of Community Medicine, VCSGGMS & RI, Uttarakhand, India among the third and sixth semester medical students from February to July 2016. The questionnaire was used to interview 182 students. The questionnaire covered demographic factors, physical fitness in terms of refractive error, use of technology in the form of smart phones and internet, stress level in the form of sleeping hours before examination, pattern of meals before examination and material used for study and others. The student was scaled based on an achievement marks percentile. Results: The research population included 182 students (85 male and 97 female). The mean age of the studied students was 21.62 ± 1.61 years. About 48.9% of the students were using spectacles. Over 90% of the students reported using smart phones, computer, and access to the internet. The mean hours of sleep day before the examination were 5.14± 1.94 hours. About three fourth of the students, reported consuming meals before the examination. Demographic factors, i.e. age and gender were significantly associated with students’ overall academic achievement in multiple linear regression analysis (p<0.05). Conclusions: Various factors determine the academic performance of students. To understand better about the factors that contribute in the academic performance of students there is need for a qualitative study.

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Factors affecting medical students in formulating their specialty preferences in Jordan

Cited by 152 publications

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Curriculum Needs Redesigning; Enforced by Changes of Interest in Career Planning of Medical Students from Year 1 to Year 5

Curriculum Needs Redesigning; Enforced by Changes of Interest in Career Planning of Medical Students from Year 1 to Year 5

Community medicine: perceptions among medical students and career preference: a cross sectional study

A study to assess factors affecting the performance of undergraduate medical students in academic examination in community medicine

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