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Career Choice* ; Humans

Background: Maldistribution and dearth of primary care practitioners is a continuing health human resource problem of many countries particularly in developing countries like the Philippines. The call to strengthen primary care for better health outcomes is a battle-cry that has never been resolved due to lack of physicians, trained and untrained, serving the rural areas. Family physicians are primarily the workforce in primary care settings but few medical graduates pursue this kind of career track. This study aimed to describe the career choices of medical students and factors that influenced them including their perspectives of family medicine as career choice. Methods: On-line survey using google form was used to reach a total of 1800 medical students from 41 medical schools across the country in November 2016. Purposive sampling was done to allocate at least 40 students per school coordinated through the APMC Student Network representatives. They were sent with a link of the pre-validated questionnaire on career choices after medical school and reasons influencing their career choices based from prior studies. Results: Of the 1,800 students, 1010 (81%) completed the questionnaire. Majority opted residency training (92%) after graduation and few pursue rural health practice (14%). Family medicine ranked 10th as first choice for training with IM and surgery consistently the top choices regardless if it is the first, second or third choice. Family medical needs influenced these choices. Family medicine was considered by majority as the primary care providers (94.1%) but lack of emphasis on it in their curriculum was experienced by most. Conclusion Most of the medical students want to pursue residency training in internal medicine and surgery while few in family medicine. Their choice of training is influenced by medical needs of the family. Family medicine as primary care provider was recognized but most experienced of lack emphasis in their medical curriculum.
Career Choice ; Primary Health Care

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify personal, contextual, and cognitive factors influencing the career preparation behavior of Korean nursing students. In this study, an examination was done of the fitness of a path model for the relationship among these factors based on the social cognitive career theory. METHODS: The participants were 413 nursing students in South Korea. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires that included self-esteem, social support, self-efficacy, outcome expectation, career decision level, and career preparation behavior. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and path analysis. RESULTS: The factors influencing career preparation behavior were self-efficacy, career decision level, self-esteem, outcome expectation, and social support. The factors influencing career decision level were self-efficacy, outcome expectation, self-esteem, and social support. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that self-efficacy is an important factor influencing the career behavior of Korean nursing students. Nurse educators should consider personal, contextual, and cognitive factors of nursing students and develop systemic career guidance programs to help nursing students' career preparation behavior.
Career Choice ; Humans ; Korea ; Nursing* ; Students, Nursing*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the images of men as nurses held by high school boys, and to provide basic data about the desirability of nursing as a career choice for them. METHODS: Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used: The 35 high school boys classified 31 selected Q-statements into a normal distribution using a 9-point scale. The collected data was analyzed by the pc-QUNAL program. RESULTS: Among the high school boys, three types of images of men as nurses were identified. Type I; A promising occupation for men through active way of thinking, Type II; Men working in a woman oriented field of work, Type III; A promising profession without any gender stereotype. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that specific strategies should be developed to promote the choice of nursing among high school boys.
Career Choice ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Occupations ; Thinking

PURPOSE: This study was performed to investigate the differences in career choice motives and moral reasoning ability between students in baccalaureate and graduate-entry medical programs. METHODS: Forty-five students from a baccalaureate program and thirty-eight students from a graduate-entry program participated in this study. The students were required to fill out both the Career Choice Motivation Inventory and Defining Issues Test(DIT). The Career Choice Motivation Inventory is a 20-item questionnaire, which investigates five dimensions: effect of others, job security, interest in science, service and working with people, and working condition. Independent t-test was performed to compare the two groups. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate the relationship among variables. RESULTS: There were significant differences in career choice motivations between the two groups. Students in the graduate-entry program were more likely to be motivated by scientific interest and opportunities to care for people. Status and job security were stronger factors in the baccalaureate students. For the students in this program, there were positive associations among their motives- interest in medical science, serving people, and working condition. There was no significant difference in moral reasoning ability between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Students in the graduate-entry medical program seem to have more professional and altruistic motivations for entering medicine. Although there is nostatistical significance, graduate students have numerically higher moral reasoning abilities compared to their counterparts. These results validate that a graduate-entry program provides an important alternative for student selection.
Career Choice* ; Humans ; Motivation* ; School Admission Criteria ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Biomedical Research ; Career Choice ; Humans ; Motivation ; Physicians ; psychology ; Singapore

Career Choice ; Humans ; Students, Medical ; psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Violence ; psychology

Attitude ; Career Choice ; Humans ; Psychiatry ; education ; Social Stigma

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to compare the specialty preference and factors that affect choices of medical specialties between medical college students and graduate medical school students. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was conducted in 563 medical students, and 482 (graduates: 199, undergraduates: 283) responded (response rate, 85.61%). The students completed a brief survey, which included 39 items that sampled their demographic data, career choice, and factors that influenced their choice. RESULTS: Most students in medical college and graduate medical school preferred clinical medicine. Graduate medical school students preferred internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine. In contrast, medical college students preferred neurology, family medicine, and psychiatry. Important factors that affected the selection of specialties were seniors' advice, advice of other students, clerkship experiences, and specialty experiences. CONCLUSION: This result shows that there are differences in the factors that affect the selection of medical specialties between medical college students and graduate medical school students. But, the opportunity to explore future careers and to consult their choice of specialty, in accordance with the needs and characteristics of individual students, must be provided for all medical students.
Career Choice ; Clinical Medicine ; Humans ; Internal Medicine ; Neurology ; Pediatrics ; Schools, Medical ; Students, Medical ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to categorize nursing students' subjectivity in their attitude toward their jobs, and thereby understand the differences among these attitude types. METHODS: The study used a Q-method to measure nursing students' attitude toward jobs identity types. In-depth and objective interviews and literature review formed Q sample. The P sample consisted of 25 nursing students. RESULTS: The results of the study show that nursing students can be categorized into three types, depending on their attitudes toward their jobs. The firs type, "interest-oriented" students, strongly disagree to the following: giving priority to job over marriage, standing unfair treatment in the workplace, the importance of promotion opportunity, irresponsibility, and uncertainty. The "reward-oriented" students, on the other hand, strongly disagree to the following: indifference to career prospects, employment-related relocation of residence, irresponsibility, standing difficulties, and compromises with others. The third type of nursing students is the possession-oriented students, who strongly disapprove of irresponsibility, refusal to compromise with reality, standing unfair job allocation or promotion and career uncertainty. CONCLUSIONS: The study on nursing college students' attitude toward their jobs is meaningful in the following aspects: First, the study clarifies nursing college students' attitudes toward their job by categorizing it. Second, the study confirms the changing attitudes of nursing students toward jobs with the change of times and calls for proper educational programs to foster healthy career attitudes. Third, proper decision-making as regards jobs and job allocation for nurses, or their career attitudes, is beneficial to individuals, the medical industry, and society.
Students, Nursing/*psychology ; Q-Sort ; Korea ; Job Satisfaction ; Humans ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; *Career Choice ; *Attitude