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2156-8650
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Specialty and Lifestyle Preference Changes during Medical School
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Medical Science Educator
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2019
1905-07
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Undergraduate medical education; Career choice; Curriculum development; Attitudes and psychosocial factors
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Fischer Jonathan P; Clinite Kimberly; Sullivan Eric; Jenkins Tania M; Bourne Christina L; Chou Calvin; Diemer Gretchen; Dunne Dana; Hartung Paul J; Paauw Doug; Reddy Shalini
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Purpose: Medical student specialty choices have significant downstream effects on the availability of physicians and, ultimately, the effectiveness of health systems. This study investigated how medical student specialty preferences change over time in relation to their demographics and lifestyle preferences.Method: Students from ten medical schools were surveyed at matriculation (2012) and graduation (2016). The two surveys included questions about specialty and lifestyle preferences, demographics, educational background, and indebtedness. Student data from 2012 to 2016 were paired together and grouped into those whose specialty preferences remained constant or switched.Results: Response rates in 2012 and 2016 were 65% (997/1530) and 50% (788/1575), respectively. Fourth-year students ranked “enjoying the type of work I am doing” as less important to a good physician lifestyle than did first-year students (from 59.6 to 39.7%). The lifestyle factors “having control of work schedule” and “having enough time off work” were ranked as more important to fourth-year students than first-year students (from 15.6 to 18.2% and 14.8 to 31.9%, respectively). The paired dataset included 19% of eligible students (237/1226). Demographic and lifestyle factors were not significantly associated with specialty preference switching. Additionally, no significant association existed between changing lifestyle preferences and switching specialty preference (p = 0.85).Conclusions: During the course of medical school, lifestyle preferences became more focused on day-to-day factors and less on deeper motivational factors. Neither demographics nor lifestyle preferences appear to relate to a student’s decision to switch specialty preference during medical school. These findings represent an important step in uncovering causes of specialty preference trends.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00790-6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1007/s40670-019-00790-6</a>
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2019
Attitudes and psychosocial factors
Bourne Christina L
Career Choice
Chou Calvin
Clinite Kimberly
Curriculum Development
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Diemer Gretchen
Dunne Dana
Fischer Jonathan P
Hartung Paul J
Jenkins Tania M
Journal Article
Medical Science Educator
NEOMED College of Graduate Studies
NEOMED College of Medicine
November 2019 Update
Paauw Doug
Reddy Shalini
Sullivan Eric
Undergraduate medical education