Motivation of Dutch high school students from various backgrounds for applying to study medicine: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore high school students' motivation for applying to study medicine and the factors that influence this. To find explanations for under-representation of minority students in medical education, descriptions of motivation of students with different background characteristics were compared.

Design

Qualitative phenomenological study using semistructured one-on-one interviews.

Setting

One predominantly white and one mixed high school in a large multicultural city in the Netherlands. The study was conducted in March-December 2015.

Participants

Twenty-four high school students, purposively sampled for demographic characteristics.

Methods

The analysis consisted of the coding of data using a template based on the motivation types (autonomous and

SUBMITTER: Wouters A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623448 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature