Choosing a career

Choosing a career in Science and Technology∗

Student choice is the center of many discussions about higher education policy. At the same time, and regardless of the emphasis put on achieving an important endowment of graduates trained in science and engineering, participation in these fields is stagnated or declining. Evidence suggests that the provision of additional scholarships for science and engineering students or abolishing the tui...

Living Medicine: Planning a Career, Choosing a Specialty

Most of the book is dedicated to describing the complex interpretation of images at the level of the cortex. A summary of the encoding of objects in their shapes, color, movement, and depth is provided in an enjoyable chapter which explains some of the rationale behind optical illusions. This material is followed by a detailed analysis of neural velocity field computation, recognition of facial...

Choosing the right pediatric career path.

Choosing general practice - a review of career choice determinants.

This review takes a narrative synthesis approach - a systematic approach to interpreting complex evidence - to a broad literature review of the complex issue of medical career decision making. Addressing the Australian general practice workforce crisis requires an understanding of career choice motivators.

Why are junior doctors deterred from choosing a surgical career?

OBJECTIVE To identify the reasons why interns would not choose a surgical career. METHODS This qualitative study used semi-structured telephone interviews to explore the future career choices of 41 junior doctors (14 men, 27 women). Doctors were asked to identify specialties they would not take up, and state why this was the case. RESULTS Thirty (73.2%) of the 41 interns nominated surgery a...