The Career Planning of Female Intern Doctors and Their Specialty Preference

Abstract

Internship time is a prime time for doctors to decide on their future career planning. It should be decided based on liking, work-life balance, and other factors. This was a cross-sectional study on 92 female intern doctors at Sylhet Women’s Medical College Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Information was achieved by questionnaire. Data of preferred subjects in MBBS, preferred specialty selection, influencing factor, and preferred post-graduate degree were considered variables. A western degree (37.7%) was the most preferred, followed by a fellowship (26%). The most popular specialty was general surgery (29.3%), followed by obstetrics & gynaecology (OBG). Most participants (70%) decided on their own regarding future career planning. It is important to have a well-organized future career plan during the internship. Clinical subjects were preferable to basic subjects as a specialty. Western degrees were popular over national post-graduate degrees.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Association with United States Medical Student Performance, Demographics, and Career Values

“…Furthermore, many studies that are currently analyzing the personality types of physicians draw their sample from within a speci c medical specialty. Different medical specialties have been shown to be correlated with distinct MBTI personality characteristics as well, which may confound ndings regarding MBTI in physicians as a whole [10,11,15,16]. For example, surgery and emergency-based specialties have demonstrated an association with more risk-taking personality traits and higher stress resilience [12,22].…”

“…One study found that for osteopathic medical students in the United States, Feeling (F) medical students were also associated with lower COMLEX-USA Level 1 standardized test performance than Thinking (T) students [8]. As previously discussed, Feeling (F) type individuals are also more associated with choosing primary care specialties, including Family Medicine and Internal Medicine [10,11,15]. Interestingly, these specialties have been found to score, on average, lower on USMLE Step I and II scores than non-primary care specialties, such as dermatology, further a rming this association of academic performance and MBTI [32].…”

“…Additional studies have found correlations between MBTI and speci c specialty choice selection as well. For example, Extraverted (E) personality types were more often found amongst surgical specialties whereas Introverted (I) and Feeling (F) personalities were associated with medicine specialties [10,11,15,16].Other studies have suggested that the MBTI is further associated with medical students' preference towards practicing in a rural vs. urban environment [7].…”

Specialty Satisfaction of Senior Specialists of a Tertiary Level Medical Teaching Institution

“…The common preferred specialties for Bangladeshi doctors are Anatomy (7.6%) Biochemistry (2.1%) Cardiology (1.0%) Forensic medicine (1.0%) OBG (15.2%) Medicine (23.9%) Microbiology 93.2%) Pediatrics (9.7%) Pathology (3.2%) Pharmacology (5.4%) and General surgery (27.1%). 2 According to undergraduate medical course curriculum these specialties are classified under the heading of preclinical, para-clinical and clinical.…”

Factors influencing medical students’ knowledge and motivations related to the profession of family medicine and speciality choice

“…Some of them are unchangeable, for example, personality, gender, origin, family role model, age, marital status, while other factors can be modified. Personality was examined as a potential influencing factor in career choice in many studies [42][43][44]. The role of gender and marital status is questionable and controversial based on available data.…”