Development of a social cognitive career theory scale for measuring the intention to select surgery as a career.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgeon shortages have emerged as a prominent global issue. Although various studies have explored the factors that influence medical students in choosing surgery as a career, addressing the need for surgeons requires a multifaceted approach. However, there is currently a lack of a theoretically grounded scale to evaluate the effectiveness of surgical career development or policy promotion. Thus, this study aimed to develop a questionnaire for assessing the preference for a surgical career by adopting the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT).

Materials and methods

The study aimed to develop the Social Cognitive Career Theory Scale toward Surgery (SCCTSS) by adopting the framework of SCCT. The questionnaire was created through expert consensus and the content vali

SUBMITTER: Chiu HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature