Perception of First-Year versus Sixth-Year Medical Students in Serbia on Studying Medicine and Postgraduate Career
Autor: | Tatjana Gazibara, Darija Kisic-Tepavcevic, Selmina Nurkovic, Gorica Maric, Tatjana Pekmezovic, Ilma Kurtagic, Nikolina Kovacevic |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male 030213 general clinical medicine 0209 industrial biotechnology medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject education Population Specialty 02 engineering and technology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 020901 industrial engineering & automation 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Professional Papers Internal Medicine medicine Humans Students medical media_common Motivation education.field_of_study Career Choice 4. Education General Medicine Emigration and Immigration language.human_language Social Class General Surgery Family medicine Income Medical training language Female Serbian Psychology Serbia Stress Psychological Career choice Specialization Social status |
Zdroj: | Acta Clinica Croatica |
ISSN: | 0353-9466 |
Popis: | Summary Self-perceived stress during undergraduate medical training could influence forthcoming career choices. The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes and potential differences between 1st and 6th year students regarding aspects of medical training and career plans. As many as 570 students in 1st and 400 in 6th year of studies at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, were recruited on December 2-9, 2013. Data were acquired through a self-administered questionnaire. Students in both years rated “Helping other people” as the most important reason to study medicine. Freshmen rated statistically significantly higher ‘good incomes’ and ‘social status’ as reasons to study medicine (p=0.003 and p=0.037, respectively). The most desirable fields of specialization were surgery and internal medicine (36.4% and 18.7% for 1st year, and 26.3% and 36.6% for 6th year, respectively). Significantly more freshmen would prefer working abroad (χ2=3.891, p=0.029). In terms of careers abroad, students in both years expressed the highest interest in working in western and northern Europe. Desires for specialty training among medical students follow the pattern of the most frequent disciplines in the Serbian physician population, with gender differences comparable to other populations. A certain percentage of students would likely emigrate. |
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