测量医学学生对传染病的兴趣
Collin Telchik1, Christopher J Peterson2, Taylor Yakubik1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, Texas.
概括
对传染病 (ID) 职业感兴趣的医学学生表现出对公共和全球健康的强烈倾向. 在医学院期间对感染性疾病的暴露越来越多,可以促进感染性疾病奖学金计划的招聘.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 传染病 (ID) 是一个关键的医学专业,面临着不断下降的奖学金申请.
- 预计在美国缺少智商医生,这凸显了了解职业兴趣驱动因素的必要性.
- 影响医学学生对ID职业感兴趣的因素在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 评估医学学生对传染病 (ID) 职业的兴趣.
- 确定与对ID作为医学专业的兴趣和不兴趣相关的因素.
- 为未来传染病医生的招聘策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 为了测量对ID的兴趣,开发了一个26个问题的调查.
- 该调查分发给德克萨斯州9个校园的医学学生.
- 分析了262名学生受访者的数据,以确定关键关联.
主要成果:
- 对ID职业感兴趣的学生对公共和全球健康的兴趣显著增加.
- 与ID校园利益集团的接触和直接接触ID职业与兴趣的增加相关.
- 缺乏兴趣的主要原因包括对内部医学/儿科住院缺乏兴趣,对补偿的担忧,以及有限的程序性方面.
结论:
- 传染病 (ID) 奖学金计划的招聘策略应针对具有公共和全球卫生利益的学生.
- 建议在医学院课程中加强对ID领域的直接接触.
- 解决有关居住途径,薪酬和程序机会的担忧可能会改善招聘结果.
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