PURPOSE: The number of applicants to general surgery programs has recently declined.
We set out to determine factors that influence career choice among medical students …

Background: Recent emphasis in medical education has been to encourage students to
pursue primary care careers. This could have a negative impact on applications to surgical …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this project is to evaluate factors that residents consider when
choosing a career in surgery or a surgical subspecialty. Once these factors are identified …

BACKGROUND: The objective of the survey was to examine factors affecting career choice
by medical students. METHODS: A questionnaire was distributed to the 245 fourth-year …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Identification of those factors which influence career choice will
help to avoid a shortfall in surgical recruitment. We aimed to determine the views of medical …

Background Interest and applications to surgery have steadily decreased over recent years
in the United States. The goal of this review is to collect the current literature regarding US …

Background Interest in both general surgery and surgical subspecialties has been declining
among Canadian medical students. Studies have shown that a student's desire to practise …

BACKGROUND: This study descriptively analyzes characteristics of general surgery
residency and practice and their influence on student interest in surgical careers …

BACKGROUND: Our goal was to identify factors that can be targeted during medical
education to encourage a career in surgery. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a cross …

Hypothesis We hypothesized that increased enrollment of female medical students and
different priorities of the current generation of students would be important influences on the …