Abstract Background In some Western countries, the medical profession is continuously
losing prestige, doctors are claiming of high demands, low rewards, and difficult structural …

The transition from medical student to medical practitioner is known to be difficult. Medical
education has undergone great change in recent years in an attempt to address this and to …

No sooner than newly qualified medical graduates have found their feet in their first jobs,
they are already being asked to consider their long-term career direction. Many trainees …

Introduction: Concerns have been growing about the effects of the working environment on
junior doctors and the learning opportunities available to them. In order to identify problems …

Objective This study aimed to explore the effect of gender on medical students' aspirations.
Methods The study design included purposive sampling and interim data interpretation to …

Germany is facing a shortage of young family doctors. In search of possible reasons the aim
of this study was to explore the perception of specialists on family doctors. Within a …

Aim The purpose of this study is to investigate whether differences identified between first‐
year law and medical students in North America in the 1950s apply in the UK in the 1990s …

Objective. The aim of the present study was to identify the differences that may exist in
professional satisfaction and skills (clinical patient management and psychosocial skills) in …

Occupational burnout is a substantial and growing problem among current medical
practitioners. Many practicing physicians lament the encroachment of managed care …

Purpose The aim of the present study was to investigate the motivation of young physicians
to work in family medicine/general practice and the skills to be acquired during residency …