Journal article
Choosing surgery as a career: Early results of a longitudinal study of medical students
Surgery, Vol.161(6), pp.1683-1689
06/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.12.016
PMID: 28161006
Abstract
Few studies have explored the factors associated with the preference of medical students to pursue a specific specialty, and even fewer have observed how these preferences and factors change over time.
A longitudinal survey of medical students was administered at the beginning of first year, second year, and clerkships from 2013-2016. Surveys included demographics and factors associated with their choice of specialty.
Response rates were 78-94%. Students with mentors and research experience in any specialty were 3.4 times (P < .001) more likely to choose surgery by their third year of medical school. Surgical research experience on the first- and second-year surveys was associated with 39 (P < .001) and 10 times (P < .001) greater odds of preferring surgical specialties on their third-year survey. Medical students who had a surgery mentor during the first and second years were associated with 4 (P = .024) and 13 times (P < .001) greater odds of preferring surgical specialties on their third-year survey.
Students who begin surgical research during their first year and develop relationships with surgeon mentors during their second year are significantly more likely to maintain an interest in surgical specialties.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Choosing surgery as a career: Early results of a longitudinal study of medical students
- Creators
- Anthony P Berger - Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IAJoseph C Giacalone - Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IAPatrick Barlow - Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IAMuneera R Kapadia - Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IAJerrod N Keith - Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA. Electronic address: jerrod-keith@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Surgery, Vol.161(6), pp.1683-1689
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.surg.2016.12.016
- PMID
- 28161006
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
- eISSN
- 1532-7361
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2017
- Academic Unit
- ICTS; The University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research; Surgery; Center for Social Science Innovation; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984051562702771
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