Specialty choice in medicine

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...

Specialty Choice Among Physicians

Specialty choice in occupational therapy.

The shortage of occupational therapists specializing in mental health led to a survey of graduates from nine occupational therapy schools in the New York metropolitan area to determine the factors affecting their specialty choice. The variables examined were derived from a literature review of the specialty choice of psychiatry among medical students. They included personality, academic, clinic...

Emergency medicine-the specialty.

The perception of emergency medicine as a defined specialty may vary widely in different locations around the world. While no single emergency medical system can fulfil the needs of all countries, there are three main models of delivery: the European model, the Anglo-American model, and the neglect model. This article reviews aspects of emergency medical systems around the world and compares th...

Emergency Medicine specialty May Improve Patient Satisfaction