Motivations for a career in teaching: medical students' projections towards their future role.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical educators play a crucial role in the perpetuation of the medical profession. Recent concerns have arisen regarding the quality and quantity of current teachers. To comprehend this shortage, it is key to understand future physicians' attitudes towards venturing in education, their motivations and possible detracting factors. This study aims to explore graduating students' attitudes towards a future teaching role and identify motivating and hindering factors.

Methods

Sixty-eight students in their final year of medical training answered a digital questionnaire. Responses were processed using descriptive statistics and qualitative coding for the open-ended questions.

Results

Teaching was the second most prevalent aspiring role (59%) after the clinical o

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Amarante P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11760079 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature