Family practice as a specialty choice

Family medicine specialty choice and interest in research.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study investigated interest in research related to declining interest in family medicine by US medical school graduates. METHODS Twenty-four schools were selected for study based on American Academy of Family Physicians data on the number of their graduates entering family medicine. Data for all graduates in 1997, 1998, and 1999 were obtained from the Associatio...

factors affecting the choice of psychiatry as a specialty in ‎psychiatry residents in iran

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the current factors affecting the choice of ‎psychiatry as a specialty and to detect the main factors in their choice.‎ method: this descriptive study included 75 first year psychiatry residents in the academic year of ‎‎2014/2015. a likert-type anonymous questionnaire consisting of academic and ‎demographic data with 43 questions, which evalu...

ANA recognizes emergency nursing as specialty practice.

“The criteria for attaining specialty status are rigorous, so the recognition of emergency nursing as a specialty is a significant achievement,” said ANA President Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN. “ANA’s role in this process is to protect patients by ensuring high quality in nursing practice and performance. This recognition tells the public that emergency nurses are dedicated to meeting high s...

Specialty Choice Among Physicians

Personality and values as predictors of medical specialty choice

Article history: Received 31 August 2010 Available online 16 September 2010 Research rarely considers the combined influence of personality traits and values in predicting behavioral outcomes.We aimed to advance a germinal line of inquiry that addresses this gap by separately and simultaneously examining personality traits and physician work values to predict medical specialty choice. First-yea...