Distribution of Medical College Graduates.

Geographical distribution of medical graduates from a public university.

Objective: To evaluate the geographic distribution and career trajectory of medical graduates and the factors associated with their choice of practice location. Method: A cross-sectional study involving graduates from December 2001 to December 2010 was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire collected demographics and geographic information (place of birth, place of residence at the time...

College Quality and the Earnings of Recent College Graduates

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report full and complete statistics on the condition of education in the United States; conduct and publish reports and specialized analys...

Assessment of medical graduates competencies.

Dear Editor, Medical professional proficiency comprises a set of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to efficiently accomplish the practice of medicine.1 The major aim of undergraduate medical education in the region is to produce doctors who are competent and able to meet the health needs of the community while also being capable of continuing medical education.2 Have the medical school...

Medical students’ characteristics as predictors of career practice location: retrospective cohort study tracking graduates of Nepal’s first medical college

OBJECTIVE To determine, in one low income country (Nepal), which characteristics of medical students are associated with graduate doctors staying to practise in the country or in its rural areas. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Medical college registry, with internet, phone, and personal follow-up of graduates. PARTICIPANTS 710 graduate doctors from the first 22 classes (1983-2...

A follow-up study of agricultural college graduates of shiraz university,I.R.Iran