Why medical students switch careers: changing course during the preclinical years of medical school

I Scott, MC Gowans, B Wright, F Brenneis - Canadian Family Physician, 2007 - cfp.ca
OBJECTIVE To determine why students switch their career choices during the preclinical
years of medical school. DESIGN Two questionnaires were administered: the first at the …

Stability of medical student career interest: a prospective study

I Scott, M Gowans, B Wright, F Brenneis - Academic Medicine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To examine the stability and switching patterns of student career interests over the
course of medical school. Method From 2001 through 2004, during the first two weeks of …

[HTML][HTML] Whether or wither some specialties: a survey of Canadian medical student career interest

IM Scott, BJ Wright, FR Brenneis, MC Gowans - BMC medical education, 2009 - Springer
Background Given the looming shortage of physicians in Canada, we wished to determine
how closely the career preference of students entering Canadian medical schools was …

Medical students' and prospective medical students' uncertainties about career intentions: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

G Maudsley, L Williams, D Taylor - Medical Teacher, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Policy prompts medical students' earlier career awareness. Aim: To explore
changes and uncertainty in medical (and prospective medical) students' career intentions in …

Almost internists: analysis of students who considered internal medicine but chose other fields

SJ Durning, DM Elnicki, DF Cruess, S Reddy… - Academic …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Family medicine as a career option: how students' attitudes changed during medical school

C Bethune, PA Hansen, D Deacon, K Hurley… - Canadian Family …, 2007 - cfp.ca
OBJECTIVE To track and describe career choice decisions of medical students as they
progressed through their undergraduate training. DESIGN Quantitative survey of each class …

[HTML][HTML] Career decision making in undergraduate medical education

S Sud, JP Wong, L Premji, A Punnett - … medical education journal, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background It is unclear how medical students prioritize different factors when selecting a
specialty. With rising under and unemployment rates a novel approach to career counselling …

Primary care specialty career choice among Canadian medical students: Understanding the factors that influence their decisions

HA Osborn, JT Glicksman, MG Brandt, PC Doyle… - Canadian Family …, 2017 - cfp.ca
Objective To identify which factors influence medical students' decision to choose a career in
family medicine and pediatrics, and which factors influence their decision to choose careers …

Career choice of new medical students at three Canadian universities: family medicine versus specialty medicine

B Wright, I Scott, W Woloschuk, F Brenneis - Cmaj, 2004 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Over the last 10 years the number of medical students choosing family
medicine as a career has steadily declined. Studies have demonstrated that career …

Determinants of choosing a career in family medicine

I Scott, M Gowans, B Wright, F Brenneis, S Banner… - Cmaj, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Background Student choice is an important determinant of the distribution of specialties of
practising physicians in many countries. Understanding characteristics at entry into medical …