Profiling recent medical graduates planning to pursue surgery, anesthesia and obstetrics in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of providers in surgery, anesthesia, and obstetrics (SAO) is a primary driver of limited surgical capacity worldwide. We aimed to identify predictors of entry into Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics and Gynecology (SAO) fields and preference of working in the public sector in Brazil which may help in profiling medical students for recruitment into these needed areas.

Methods

A questionnaire was applied to all Brazilian medical graduates registered with a Board of Medicine from 2014 to 2015. Twenty-three characteristics were analyzed. Logistic regression was used to determine predictors' influence on outcome.

Results

There were 4601 (28.2%) responders to the survey, of which 40.5% (CI 34.7-46.5%) plan to enter SAO careers. Of the 23 characteristics ana

SUBMITTER: Guilloux AGA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6505198 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature