The attractions of medicine: the generic motivations of medical school applicants in relation to demography, personality and achievement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The motivational and other factors used by medical students in making their career choices for specific medical specialities have been looked at in a number of studies in the literature. There are however few studies that assess the generic factors which make medicine itself of interest to medical students and to potential medical students. This study describes a novel questionnaire that assesses the interests and attractions of different aspects of medical practice in a varied range of medical scenarios, and relates them to demographic, academic, personality and learning style measures in a large group of individuals considering applying to medical school.

Methods

A questionnaire study was conducted among those attending Medlink, a two-day conference for individu

SUBMITTER: McManus IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1397825 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature