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Madeeha Hassan1, Fatima Shahzad2, S H Waqar3
1Madeeha Hassan, MBBS. Postgraduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
|July 25, 2020
Summary
Medical students are primarily motivated by a prestigious profession and a desire to serve humanity. Understanding these factors is key to analyzing future healthcare professional trends.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Sociology of Professions
Background:
- Understanding student motivations is crucial for medical school admissions and future workforce planning.
- Identifying key drivers for pursuing a medical career informs educational strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the primary motivational factors influencing medical students' career choices.
- To explore humanitarian, societal, and scientific drivers for selecting medicine.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional survey study involving first and second-year medical students.
- Convenient sampling of students from public and private medical colleges in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
- Data collected via self-administered questionnaires, analyzed using SPSS 21.
Main Results:
- Prestigious profession emerged as the leading motivational factor among all surveyed students.
- Humanitarian factors like 'Serving Humanity' and 'Sympathies for Mankind' were significant.
- Challenging Field' was the top scientific factor, while 'Prestigious Profession' led societal factors.
Conclusions:
- The medical profession's prestige and altruistic motivations are key drivers for students.
- Analyzing these motivations can help predict future trends in medical professionals.
- Insights can guide medical institutions in understanding and supporting student aspirations.
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