Objectives We surveyed the UK medical qualifiers of 1993. We asked closed questions
about their careers; and invited them to give us comments, if they wished, about any aspect …

A peculiarity in the professional training of medical staff with higher education is the fact that
a large part of the teaching staff is also a practitioner of the medical profession, thus …

Methods: The present study is part of the longitudinal Swiss physicians' career development
study. After their first year of residency, participants were interviewed for the second time …

Objectives: The interest is focused on today's interns who will soon become an essential part
of the health care system. Obstacles they perceive at the beginning of the career may …

Aims Irish General Practice is experiencing a crisis in the recruitment and retention of its
General Practitioners (GPs). The aim of this study was to determine Irish final year medical …

Motivation is an important factor influencing important outcomes in medical education. The
choice of medicine as a higher study depends upon various factors such as interest in the …

Methods A Medline search for" surgical career"," medical students+ general surgery" and"
surgical career+ influences" was performed. Results There are similar situations to that in …

Medical students choose to pursue their careers based on multiple internal and external
factors. These factors, in turn, not only affect their personal future but the overall status of the …

Background: The bachelor–master (BaMa) structure was introduced in medical schools in
The Netherlands since 2003 and in Utrecht University in 2006. Aim: The aim of this study …

Background: It seems that in our country choosing medicine as the field of study in university
is mostly due to family and society pressures rather than the applicants real interest in this …