Introduction In pursuing optimal health care, an adequate medical workforce is crucial.
However, many countries are struggling with a misalignment of students' specialty …

Background Across the UK, there are vacant physician posts at every level. This increases
workload and stress for those who remain, in turn making substantive jobs less attractive …

Background The current issue of general practice recruitment is a significant challenge and
concern. In order to address this, it is vital to understand medical students' attitudes towards …

Objective: The selection of a future medical specialty is a challenge all medical students face
during the course of their studies. Students can choose from more than sixty specialties after …

Objectives: To explore changes in specialty preferences and work-related topics during the
theoretical phase of Dutch medical education and the role of gender. Methods: A cohort of …

Objectives Doctors who graduated in the UK after 2005 have followed a restructured
postgraduate training programme (Modernising Medical Careers) and have experienced the …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Worsening faculty shortages in medical schools and
residency programs are threatening the US medical education infrastructure. Little is known …

Introduction Surgery is one of the most demanding and competitive medical specialities.
This study aims to identify the characteristics that medical students who aspire to surgical …

Background: Having a specific assessment on medical students' career preferences, their
determinants for choosing them, and finding whether a career intervention in introducing …

Background The number of UK foundation doctors choosing to go straight into speciality
training has fallen drastically over the last 10 years: We sought to explore and understand …