A Cross-Sectional Study of Attitudes and Factors That Promote Medical Student Participation in Professional Medical Societies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Medical student participation in professional medical societies is an understudied extracurricular activity. The purpose of this study is to assess student characteristics associated with participation and their attitudes toward professional medical societies.

Methods

A cross-sectional study using a 21-item survey questionnaire was administered to Wisconsin medical students in the fall of 2019. Regression analysis was used to find factors associated with participation.

Results

A total of 308 questionnaire responses were collected with a response rate of 17.4%. Sixty-three percent of respondents participated in a professional medical society, and the most important reasons for participating included professional development, networking, and advocacy. Participat

SUBMITTER: Rigby MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866955 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature