Factors influencing medical students’ choice of emergency medicine as a career specialty—a descriptive study of Saudi medical students

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Nawfal Al Jerian¹  Hadeel Alkhaneen²  Faisal Alhusain²  Khalid Alshahri² 

[1] Department of Emergency Medicine, Ministry of National guard health affairs;King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

关键词: Emergency medicine;    Medical education;    Future career;    Saudi Arabia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12245-018-0174-y

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundChoosing a medical specialty is a poorly understood process. Although studies conducted around the world have attempted to identify the factors that affect medical students’ choice of specialty, data is scarce on the factors that influence the choice of specialty of Saudi Arabian medical students, in particular those planning a career in emergency medicine (EM). In this study, we investigated whether Saudi medical students choosing EM are influenced by different factors to those choosing other specialties.

【 授权许可】

CC BY