Exploring Medical Students' Representations of Future Specialties and Parenthood: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several factors come into consideration when medical students choose their future specialty. Among these factors, the desire to start a family and planning the best timing for pregnancy may interfere with career advancement in certain specialties.

Objective

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first scoping review aimed at understanding medical students' career choice and parental expectations without restriction of the specialty chosen. This protocol describes a scoping review aiming to understand how representations regarding specialties and parenthood influence medical students' career choice., This protocol describes a scoping review aiming to understand how representations regarding specialties and parenthood influence medical students' career choice.

SUBMITTER: Arnoux S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818495 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature