1.Medical students' perceptions of community medicine: A comparative study between students of quotas related to community medicine and regular admission
Asumi Oguchi ; Yu Kitamura ; Masaru Nagase ; Keigo Mizuno ; Koji Tsunekawa ; Rintaro Imafuku ; Nobuo Murakami ; Takuya Saiki
Medical Education 2015;46(5):419-424
Few studies have examined medical students' perceptions of community medicine and specialty choice through comparison between students of quotas related to community medicine and regular admission. We conducted a questionnaire survey on students' desire for future work places, types of health facility/hospital, medical specialization, and community medicine involving year 1 to year 5 students in Gifu University School of Medicine (n=335, selective admission: regular admission=81:254) . This study demonstrated that the selected students for community medicine (years 1 to 5) preferred to work at a core/small-sized hospital in a rural area and tended to choose the specialties that were characterized by primary care, such as pediatrics. Moreover, they had positive perceptions of community medicine. Further follow-up study needs to be undertaken in order to explore how students are actually engaging in community medicine after graduation.
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