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 …

Introduction The national junior doctor recruitment crisis prompts an appraisal of medical
student attitudes to different career pathways. The purpose of this study was to perform a …

Background Surgery is an emotionally, physically and mentally challenging profession, and
medical students factor in many variables when choosing surgery as a career choice. The …

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 …

Background Interest in surgical careers among medical students has declined over the past
decade. Multiple explanations have been offered for why top students are deterred or …

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 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 …

Introduction Numerous factors influence the career choices of undergraduate medical
students, although little work has focused specifically on the surgical specialties. We aimed …

Background Changes to general surgical undergraduate curricula, alongside changes in
work force and postgraduate training, may be associated with a decline in interest in surgical …

Introduction Obtaining a place in an Irish medical school is extremely competitive, a situation
mirrored in many other countries. We aimed to determine the factors influencing school …