Dynamics of career intentions in a medical student cohort: a four-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students' career intentions often change between matriculation and graduation, yet little is known about the precise timing and dynamics of individual students' career decisions. This study expands on previous research by exploring the stability of individual students' career intentions over four years and by analyzing associations between unstable career intentions and students' characteristics.

Methods

Medical students from two classes were recruited into a cohort during their first academic year and completed a yearly survey over a four-year period (end of pre-clinical curriculum to graduation). Measures included career intention (specialty and practice type), personality, coping strategies, empathy, and motives for becoming a physician. The authors dev

SUBMITTER: Pfarrwaller E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972700 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature