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 preference at the …

PURPOSE: To assess stress in medical students, residents, and graduate science students
at four Canadian schools of medicine. METHOD: Four schools with different curricula in three …

OBJECTIVE To describe the factors that medical students report influencethem to pursue
careers in family medicine. DESIGN Qualitative study using focus groups and interviews and …

Background Student choice is an important determinant of the distribution of specialties of
practising physicians in many countries. Understanding characteristics at entry into medical …

Background Interest in both general surgery and surgical subspecialties has been declining
among Canadian medical students. Studies have shown that a student's desire to practise …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Objective To examine the attributes of Canadian medical students at matriculation that predicted
later practice in a rural location, with the goal of enhancing evidence-based approaches …

Introduction: Student choice is an important determinant of the specialty mix of practicing
physicians in Canada. Understanding student characteristics at medical school entry that are …