Career choice in academic medicine: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To review systematically the evidence about what factors influence the decision to choose or not choose a career in academic medicine.

Design

A systematic review of relevant literature from 1990 to May 2005.

Data sources

Searches of The Cochrane Library, Medline (using Ovid and PubMed) from 1990 to May 2005, and EMBASE from 1990 to May 2005 were completed to identify relevant studies that explored the influential factors. Additional articles were identified from searching the bibliographies of retrieved articles.

Selection of studies

We attempted to identify studies that included residents, fellows, or staff physicians. No restrictions were placed on the study methodologies identified and all articles presenting empirical evidence were retrieved. For

SUBMITTER: Straus SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1924755 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature