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Arif Ali1, Abdur Rasheed1, Syed Muhammad Hussaiin Zaidi2
1Department of Research, DUHS, Karachi.
Objective:
To determine career choices of medical students of public-sector medical universities and factors affecting their career choices.
Methods:
The cross-sectional study was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences and Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, from May 2015 to May 2016, and comprised 4th and 5th year medical students and house officers. A self-administrated structured questionnaire was used to collect data which was entered and analysed using SPSS 20.
Results:
Of the 445 Subjects, 314(70.6%) were females. There were 206(46.3%) 4th year students, 194(43.6%) were from the 5th year and 45(10%) were house officers. Top 15 medical specialties were ranked according to the respondents' top three choices. Internal medicine 67(15.1%), cardiology 47(10.6%), paediatrics 46(10.3%) and general surgery 40(9.0%) were the four highest ranked specialties. Overall, 377(84.7%) subjects said prestige in working in that field was the reason of their respective choices.
Conclusions:
Medical students chose a wider range of specialties and stated varying factors affecting their choices.
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