BACKGROUND: A number of studies have highlighted the importance of positive role
models and mentors in influencing medical students' ultimate career decisions. This article …

Surgical disciplines are popular and training places are competitive to obtain, but trainees
report higher levels of burnout than either their non-surgical peers or attending or consultant …

Background Positive encounters with surgeons have previously been shown to influence
perceptions of surgical careers. Despite this, negative perceptions persist. We investigated …

Objectives We aim to investigate the reasons that medical students and junior doctors who
are women are less likely to pursue a career in surgery compared with their male …

Background The predicted shortage of surgeons is of growing concern with declining
medical student interest in surgical careers. We hypothesized that earlier exposure to …

Objective Teaching surgical skills is a labor intensive process, requiring a high tutor to
student ratio for optimal success, and teaching for undergraduate students by consultant …

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

INTRODUCTION: The popularity of surgical specialties is declining amongst Canadian
medical students. Limited early exposure of students to surgery and minor involvement of …

Background Basic surgical skills training is rarely emphasised in undergraduate medical
curricula. However, the provision of skills tutorials requires significant commitment from time …

Research has shown that work-life conflicts exist among all kinds of workers, including
academics, and these conflicts are a key contributor to workers' reports of poor well-being …