Emigration preferences and plans among medical students in Poland

Human Resources for Health

Research

Piotr Romaniuk¹  Krzysztof Kaczmarek²  Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda³  Adam Szromek⁴  Andrzej Szpak⁵  Christian A Gericke⁶ 

[1] Department of Computer Science and Econometrics, Faculty of Organisation and Management, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland;Department of Health Policy, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Piekarska 18, 41-902, Bytom, Poland;Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland;Department of Health Promotion, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland;Department of Health Promotion, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland;Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland;Peninsula CLAHRC, National Institute for Health Research, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom;

关键词: Medical doctors;    Medical students;    Emigration;    Professional mobility;    Poland;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1478-4491-10-8

 received in 2010-12-07, accepted in 2012-04-06,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMigration and ethical recruitment of health care workers is receiving increased attention worldwide. Europe’s aging population is creating new opportunities for medical doctors for finding employment in other countries, particularly those of a better standard of living.MethodsWe conducted a survey among 1214 medical students in five out of eleven universities in Poland with medical schools in October 2008. A series of statistical tests was applied to analyse the characteristics of potential migrants. Projections were obtained using statistical analyses: descriptive, multifactorial logistic regression and other statistical methods .ResultsWe can forecast that 26–36% of Polish medical students will emigrate over the next few years; 62% of respondents estimated the likelihood of emigration at 50%. Students in their penultimate year of study declared a stronger desire to migrate than those in the final year. At the same time, many students were optimistic about career opportunities in Poland. Also noted among students were: the decline in interest in leaving among final year students, their moderate elaboration of departure plans, and their generally optimistic views about the opportunities for professional development in Poland.ConclusionsThe majority of Polish students see the emigration as a serious alternative to the continuation of their professional training. This trend can pose a serious threat to the Polish health care system, however the observed decline of the interest in leaving among final year students, the moderate involvement in concrete departure plans and the optimistic views about the opportunities for professional development in Poland suggest that the actual scale of brain drain of young Polish doctors due to emigration will be more limited than previously feared.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Krajewski-Siuda et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012