Professional and academic pre-qualifications, career preferences and aspirations in working as a rural doctor.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Internationally, countries are struggling to provide health care in rural areas. In Germany, where the medical school's admissions system rewards prior experience, there are a significant number of students with professional experience (e.g., paramedics, nurses). To date, there has been little research on this pre-experienced subgroup. In a rather exploratory approach, preferences for specialty training were compared between students with and without pre-qualifications. The primary aim of the study was to analyze how pre-qualifications and career types according to Holland's RIASEC (acronym for realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, conventional) model contribute to interest in working as a rural doctor.

Methods

Overall, 2,370 medical students

SUBMITTER: Schropel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12284000 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature