Perspectives of third-year medical students toward their surgical clerkship and a surgical career

被引:12
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作者
Goldin, Steven B.
Wahi, Monika M.
Wiegand, Lucas R.
Carpenter, Heather L.
Borgman, Heather A.
Nixon, Lois LaCivita
Litt, M.
Rosemurgy, Alexander S.
Karl, Richard C.
机构
[1] Univ S Florida, Coll Med, Dept Surg, Tampa, FL 33612 USA
[2] Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Tampa, FL USA
[3] Johnnie B Byrd Sr Alzheimers Ctr & Res Inst, Tampa, FL USA
[4] Univ S Florida, Coll Med, Div Med Eth & Human, Dept Internal Med, Tampa, FL USA
关键词
medical education; career choice; clinical; clerkship; quality of life;
D O I
10.1016/j.jss.2006.10.002
中图分类号
R61 [外科手术学];
学科分类号
摘要
Introduction. A deficit of surgeons currently exists in the health care workforce. We have designed a study that identifies predictors of students choosing a career in surgery. First, we conducted two feasibility studies, and on the basis of these data, designed a third study for addressing our specific aims. The design and one-year results for the new study are provided here. Methods. For the feasibility studies, students participating in the third-year surgery clerkship at our institution were asked to complete surveys using two different study designs. For the new study, which began in June 2005, students complete surveys covering domains of interest at the beginning of the clerkship and at weekly intervals throughout the clerkship, and will be providing match results. Results. The feasibility studies offered insight into ways to improve our study design. In the first year of this multi-year study, 93 students participated (response rate = 77%). Forty-five students were women (48%), and the average age was 26.09 (sd 2.85). Proportion of students rating general surgery or a surgery subspecialty in their top three choices for a career increased over the course of the clerkship by 24.7% (n = 32, 34.4% at baseline; n = 55, 59.1% at end of clerkship). Seventy-one students (76.3%) reported having a meaningful experience on the clerkship, and 30 (32.3%) received honors grades. Conclusion. Our study design benefitted from the knowledge we gained from our feasibility studies. We look forward to achieving the necessary sample size inthe next several years to report the final results of this study. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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