Neurology as career option among postgraduate medical students

Career choices among medical students in Bangladesh

INTRODUCTION Information regarding career choices of medical students is important to plan human resources for health, design need-based educational programs, and ensure equitable and quality health care services in a country. AIM The aim of the study is to identify career choices, nature of career, intended practice locations, and reasons for career choices of Bangladesh medical students. ...

Analysis of Medical Students Perception for Community Medicine as Career Option and Subject

Factors that influence career selection among medical students.

their basic human needs, including access to health care. People who volunteer their time and efforts are important, but it can never be expected that this takes the place of a society committed to social justice; similarly private donations cannot take the place of government commitments. A few examples from our area: • A few years ago, a new conversion foundation committed to supporting the h...

Postgraduate career intentions of medical students and recent graduates in Malawi: a qualitative interview study

BACKGROUND In 2004, the Malawian Ministry of Health declared a human resource crisis and launched a six year Emergency Human Resources Programme. This included salary supplements for key health workers and a tripling of doctors in training. By 2010, the number of medical graduates had doubled and significantly more doctors were working in rural district hospitals. Yet there has been little rese...

General Practice as a career choice among undergraduate medical students in Greece

BACKGROUND Although General Practice (GP) was recognized as a medical specialty in Greece in 1986, the number of GPs is insufficient to cover needs and only few medical graduates choose GP as a career option. In the present study we investigated the profile of medical students in terms of their decisions regarding specialization and the possible association of career choices different from GP w...