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Why do students choose careers in surgery?
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Background Recent changes in medical education have emphasized primary care careers. This could have a negative impact on the number of applicants to surgical residencies. We hypothesized that experiences during the third year surgical clerkship are influential for students' subsequent residency choice. Materials and methods Third year medical students who completed their surgical clerkship in the 2001-02 academic year were surveyed pre- and post-surgical clerkship. Responses were analyzed and correlated to the 2003 match results. Results The response rate of students surveyed was 98% (82 surveys/83 match results). Pre-clerkship, 6/82 students (7%) expressed an interest in surgery or surgical subspecialty careers. Post-clerkship, 34/84 students (40%) expressed an increased interest a surgical career; 13/84 (15%) expressed a decreased interest, and 37% of students expressed no change in career interest. Of those students expressing an increased interest in surgery, the clerkship experiences most noted to be influential were (1) number of cases participated/scrubbed (95%), (2) resident interaction (85%), (3) faculty interaction (80%), and (4) number of cases observed (65%). The number of hours spent on rotation (call, rounds) was the leading experience associated with a decreased interest in a surgical career. 12/83 students surveyed (14%) ultimately matched into a surgical program (NRMP 2003 match results). Conclusions These data suggest that operative exposure and interaction…
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Positive experiences increase the likelihood of pursuing general surgery, such as the number of cases scrubbed on, resident interaction, faculty interaction and the number of cases observed.
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How Can We Reduce Attrition in General Surgery Residents?
DM, A. (2018) · Austin Journal of Surgery · doi:10.26420/austinjsurg.2018.1129 · Cited by 1
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- Authors
- O’Herrin, J. K., Lewis, B. J., Rikkers, L. F., & Chen, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Herbert
- Venue
- Journal of Surgical Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 124-129
- ISSN
- 0022-4804 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2057394266
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 16.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Surgical Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Keywords
- career choice, surgical residency, surgical clerkship, medical students, surgical exposure, operative experience, resident interaction, faculty interaction, working hours, primary care, residency match, surgical workforce
- MeSH terms
- Career Choice, Clinical Clerkship, Data Collection, Education, Medical, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Medical, General Surgery
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