Background Understanding factors in internal medicine (IM) resident career choice may
reveal important needed interventions for recruitment and diversity in IM primary care and its …

BACKGROUND: Sociodemographic factors and personality attributes predict career
decisions in medical students. Determinants of internal medicine residents' specialty choices …

Background Experienced medical student educators may have insight into the reasons for
declining interest in internal medicine (IM) careers, particularly general IM. Objective To …

Purpose The number of women physicians is increasing in Japan. The authors investigated
gender differences in self-perceptions of clinical confidence. Method This cross-sectional …

Context Shortfalls in the US physician workforce are anticipated as the population ages and
medical students' interest in careers in internal medicine (IM) has declined (particularly …

Background: Student attitudes offer insight into career decisions and may suggest causes of
the diminished interest in internal medicine. Students entering a salaried managed health …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Little is known about factors contributing to the career decisions
of internal medicine residents. OBJECTIVE To evaluate factors self-reported by internal …

Objective: To determine the factors that attract students toward and push students away from
a career in internal medicine. Design: National survey of senior US medical students using a …

Purpose Medical students' career choices affect health care. To understand how to increase
the number of students who choose careers in internal medicine (IM), students who …

BACKGROUND: Entry into general internal medicine (GIM) has declined. The effect of the
inpatient general medicine rotation on medical student career choices is uncertain …