The Driving Factors Important for Evaluation Student's Opinion which Influenced Decision Making of Career Choice: Pediatrics as a Career Choice as an Example.
Career choice
medical education
neonatal mortality
pediatrics
Journal
Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH
ISSN: 0353-8109
Titre abrégé: Acta Inform Med
Pays: Bosnia and Herzegovina
ID NLM: 101147064
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
02
05
2021
accepted:
17
05
2021
entrez:
29
9
2021
pubmed:
30
9
2021
medline:
30
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Reducing the maternal and neonatal mortality rate are the predominant goals of achieving sustainable development for which it is important to ensure adequate health workforce, especially pediatric professionals at all levels of health care. Recent trends reveal a significant decline in the number of doctors opting for pediatrics specialization. This study was carried out to explore the career preferences of the undergraduate medical students and factors influencing career choice. This cross sectional study was carried out among 362 undergraduate medical students studying in prefinal and final year during a period of three months. A self administered questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding the career preferences and factors influencing the decision making. Attitudes regarding career choice was assessed using Likert scale and later recoded into binomial variables. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS software. Majority of the participants were females (61.8%). The individual choice of specialty revealed that 12.2% of the males and 18.5% of the females wanted to take up pediatrics as their first career choice while 5.5% of the males and 7.7% of the females had pediatrics as their second choice. Overall, more females preferred pediatrics as a career choice compared to the males. The observed difference was statistically significant (p<0.0001). Adequate motivation, driven with passion for patient care can be inculcated at the young age and will go a long way in not only addressing the pediatric needs of the society, but also improve health indicators and sustainable development of the country.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Reducing the maternal and neonatal mortality rate are the predominant goals of achieving sustainable development for which it is important to ensure adequate health workforce, especially pediatric professionals at all levels of health care. Recent trends reveal a significant decline in the number of doctors opting for pediatrics specialization.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
This study was carried out to explore the career preferences of the undergraduate medical students and factors influencing career choice.
METHODS
METHODS
This cross sectional study was carried out among 362 undergraduate medical students studying in prefinal and final year during a period of three months. A self administered questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding the career preferences and factors influencing the decision making. Attitudes regarding career choice was assessed using Likert scale and later recoded into binomial variables. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS software.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Majority of the participants were females (61.8%). The individual choice of specialty revealed that 12.2% of the males and 18.5% of the females wanted to take up pediatrics as their first career choice while 5.5% of the males and 7.7% of the females had pediatrics as their second choice. Overall, more females preferred pediatrics as a career choice compared to the males. The observed difference was statistically significant (p<0.0001).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Adequate motivation, driven with passion for patient care can be inculcated at the young age and will go a long way in not only addressing the pediatric needs of the society, but also improve health indicators and sustainable development of the country.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34584330
doi: 10.5455/aim.2021.29.94-98
pii: AIM-29-94
pmc: PMC8443136
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
94-98Informations de copyright
© 2021 Arun Sriram Amudhan, Anitha Palaniyandi, Mahalakshmi Rajan, Premkumar Parthiban, Sasitharan Rajendraprasath, Thulasiraj Saminathan, Reshma Shanmugam, Vinoth Ponnurangam Nagarajan.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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