Background: Specialty career choice is a critical decision for medical students, and research
has examined factors influencing particular specialties or assessed it from a demographic …

Objectives To gain insight into factors affecting career preference and career choice during
the final phase of medical school, above and beyond a model that was presented by Bland …

Objectives To understand what medical students consider when choosing their specialty,
prior to significant clinical exposure to develop strategies to provide adequate career …

This article examines the research evidence supporting relationships between both
personal and social factors and the career choices of physicians in training. Although the …

PURPOSE: To identify previously unrecognized factors influencing medical students' career
choices and to better characterize the effects of educational experiences, role models, and …

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 …

Background: Workforce planning is critical for being able to deliver appropriate health
service and thus is relevant to medical education. It is, therefore, important to understand …

In this article, the authors explore senior medical students' specialty preferences and
investigate factors that influence those preferences. The design of the study was a written …

Background Since 2007 junior doctors in the UK have had to make major career decisions
at a point when previously many had not yet chosen a specialty. This study examined when …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 595–602 Objective This study examined reasons for specialty
choice among Swiss residents (post graduate doctors training in specialties). Methods In …