Factors impacting on the decision of graduate entry medical school students to pursue a career in obstetrics and gynecology in Ireland

ABSTRACT:

Background

Challenges in recruiting appropriately trained obstetricians and gynaecologists have been identified across the world. Given well documented staff shortages within obstetrics and gynaecology in Ireland, it is increasingly important to understand the factors which influence medical students to choose or reject a career in the speciality. The aim of this study was to ascertain the perceptions of final year graduate entry medical students of obstetrics and gynaecology, including the factors which may influence a student’s decision to pursue in a career in the speciality.

Methods

Paper-based surveys of graduate entry medical students (n = 146) were conducted at the beginning and end of a six week rotation in obstetrics and gynaecology in Ireland. Responses to the s

SUBMITTER: Spain E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278328 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature