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Students often have unrealistic perceptions of preventive medicine (PM) practice compared to doctors. Addressing these misconceptions through targeted curriculum activities can improve recruitment and retention in PM and similar healthcare fields.

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  • Medical Education
  • Public Health
  • Preventive Medicine

Background:

  • Recruiting and retaining students in preventive medicine (PM) is challenging.
  • A key issue is selecting motivated students with accurate perceptions of PM.
  • Understanding student perceptions versus practicing doctors' views is crucial for guidance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare student and doctor perceptions of PM practice characteristics.
  • To investigate how student perceptions relate to their interest and willingness to pursue PM.
  • To identify factors influencing the realism of student perceptions.

Main Methods:

  • Survey administered to 1,386 PM students and 101 PM doctors in Vietnam.
  • Questionnaire assessed relevance of 44 PM practice characteristics.
  • ANOVAs analyzed relationships between student factors and perception realism.

Main Results:

  • Students generally overestimated the importance of PM practice characteristics compared to doctors.
  • First-choice PM students had more realistic perceptions than second-choice students.
  • Perceptions evolved during training; senior students had more realistic views on clinical aspects and stress.

Conclusions:

  • Targeted curriculum interventions are needed to correct unrealistic student perceptions of PM.
  • Addressing these perceptions can enhance PM field entry post-graduation.
  • Findings are relevant for other primary healthcare specialties facing recruitment challenges.