Attitude toward career development in Japanese medical students: a questionnaire survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to evaluate attitudes of Japanese medical students toward career development, including the acquisition of medical specialty and doctorate degree qualifications.

Design

This involved a web-based questionnaire survey.

Setting

We asked medical students about attitudes toward career development after graduation. We also asked them about their intentions to acquire a medical specialty and a doctorate degree using a 5-point Likert scale.

Participants

All 699 medical students (from first to sixth grade) in our medical school.

Results

The overall questionnaire response rate was 66.5% (465 of 699). Over 90.3% (420 of 465) of respondents desired the clinical discipline, while only 10 of 465 respondents (2.2%) did for basic research. Awa

SUBMITTER: Komasawa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806647 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature