Geographical distribution of medical graduates from a public university

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...

Survey of Queen's University medical graduates.

Little work, however, has been done in this field in Northern Ireland. One of the main functions of the Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical Education is to provide a careers information and advisory service for recent graduates. This service is limited by a lack of basic information about the factors which influence young doctors in choosing a specialty and deciding in which part ...

Mostar University Medical School, Bosnia and Herzegovina: first graduates.

Career choices for public health: cohort studies of graduates from UK medical schools.

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper is to describe UK-trained doctors' early intentions about seeking careers in public health and their eventual speciality destinations. METHODS Analysis of longitudinal studies of medical graduates from all UK medical schools in selected year-of-qualification cohorts from 1974 to 2008; data collected by postal questionnaires at various times after qualifying; a...

Riding the wave: current and emerging trends in graduates from Australian university medical schools.

The number of domestic graduates from Australian medical schools is set to increase by 81% in 7 years, from 1348 in 2005 to 2442 by 2012. Including international students, medical school graduates will total almost 3000 by 2012. Planning must begin now to ensure that the significant flow-on effects of these increases are managed effectively. Most urgently, postgraduate medical training will req...