scholarly journals Previous Military Medical Exposure as a Motivator for a Medical Career

2021 ◽  
Vol 186 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 757-761
Author(s):  
Uri Manor ◽  
Raviv Allon ◽  
Hadar Gan-Or ◽  
Orr Yahal ◽  
Avi Benov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Military Service ◽  
P Value ◽  
Medical Studies ◽  
Special Operations ◽  
Special Operations Forces ◽  
Medical Exposure ◽  
Medical Career

ABSTRACT Introduction A variety of factors influence the motivation to choose a medical career; however, the influence of premedical experiences on health professional trainees’ choices is a neglected one. We hypothesize that medical exposure during service in the Israeli Air Force special operations forces (SOFs) has an impact on motivation for medical studies. The Israeli scenario, in which career choice is anteceded by substantial military experience, allows us to examine this hypothesis. Materials and Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study among physicians and medical students who served as operators in the Israeli Air Force SOF; Unit 669 (an airborne combat search and rescue unit), and Shaldag (an airborne SOF unit). All medical students and physicians enlisted between January 2001 and December 2010 were eligible for enrollment. Results Of over 700 operators screened, 3.7% of Shaldag veterans and 11.1% of Unit 669 veterans had started or finished medical school (P-value < 0.001). Overall, 49 veterans answered the questionnaire and enrolled in the study, of whom 17 (34.7%) were Shaldag veterans and 32 (65.3%) were Unit 669 veterans. Subjective questions implied a significant effect of the service in Unit 669 on career choice. Paramedics had a relative risk of becoming physicians of 7.37 when compared to nonparamedic operators, irrespective of their original unit. Conclusions Medical exposure of Unit 669 operators during military service significantly contributed to their motivation for becoming physicians. Thus, military service in this setting acts de facto as an effective medical immersion program. This adds another factor to the myriad of factors that motivate young adults in their choice of a medical career.

The medical career choice motivations — Results from a Hungarian study

Open Medicine ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond Girasek ◽  
Regina Molnár ◽  
Edit Eke ◽  
Miklós Szócska
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Medical Career ◽  
First Year Medical Students

AbstractSome decades ago being a medical doctor was characterized unambiguously as a profession that offers help and serves the patients’ needs during medical treatment. In today’s society, this image of the medical profession has been substantially changed. The present paper aims to examine medical career choice motivations and preferences of choosing speciality, in the light of current social and economic changes in Hungary. The study was carried out by using a voluntary, self-administrated, questionnaire among first-year medical students and resident doctors in four medical faculties in Hungary. The career choice motivations of the first-year medical students and resident doctors are similar and match to the traditional health profession career choice motivations. Nevertheless the first-year students consider high income as one of the most important factors. They appear more conscious and more ambitious regarding their future speciality choice. The Hungarian health care system and medical education must be prepared for the presence of students that are aware of the high market value of a medical diploma, have excellent language skills, and consider migration as one main factor in their motivation when choosing a medical profession.

Health Conditions Among Special Operations Forces Versus Conventional Military Service Members

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Garcia ◽  
Tracy S. Kretzmer ◽  
Kristen Dams-O'Connor ◽  
Shannon R. Miles ◽  
Laura Bajor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Special Operations ◽  
Military Service Members ◽  
Special Operations Forces

scholarly journals Motivation towards medical career choice and future career plans of Polish medical students

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Gąsiorowski ◽  
Elżbieta Rudowicz ◽  
Krzysztof Safranow
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Future Career ◽  
Medical Career

scholarly journals Formowanie Wojsk Obrony Terytorialnej

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 70-87
Author(s):  
Janusz Tomaszewski
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Territorial Defence ◽  
Special Operations ◽  
Special Operations Forces

Development of Territorial Defence Forces Territorial Defence Forces TDF began their official activity on 1 January 2017. They are the fifth single service in the Polish Armed Forces next to Lang Forces, Air Force, Navy and Special Operations Forces. It has been established that the organization of TDF is going to be strictly related to the currently existing ad­ministrative division of the country, giving a total of 17 brigades. Ultimately, there are to be 53,000 soldiers within the ranks. In times of peace TDF should mainly be ready to execute crisis management activities, in times of war TDF should support regular Polish Army Forces in terms of direct warfare.

How medical student placements at a psychiatry hospital can be utilised to make psychiatry a popular career choice

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1707-1707 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Cheema ◽  
J. Leuvennink ◽  
C. Ee ◽  
J. Macklin ◽  
J. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Medical Career ◽  
Ward Rounds ◽  
One Year ◽  
Student’S Attitude

It is perceived that negative attitudes towards mental illness in undergraduate medical students can impact student's decision in choosing psychiatry as a medical career. Improvement in psychiatry placements for undergraduate medical students can result in changing student's attitude towards psychiatry as a career choice. We demonstrate how students’ placements from various medical schools at a major psychiatric hospital contributed towards enhancing student's interest towards psychiatry. Medical students who had their placement over the last one year were contacted for an anonymised student perspective survey.While majority of students did not have psychiatry as their potential career choice before they started their placements more than two third rated psychiatry as a potential career choice based on their experience from the placements. This encouraged us to improve the placement standards based on student's perspective. Students suggested that more use of medical training in psychiatry, improvement in teaching and placement standards and more psychiatry placements before specialised training can contribute towards making psychiatry as one of the popular career choices. Student's preferred interactive teaching sessions including case based discussions and informal teaching sessions during ward rounds and clinics. Overall students found their placements helpful but more so to perform well in their examinations as compared to coverage of full psychiatry curriculum.It is planned to conduct the survey again after necessary changes based on student's perspective to evaluate whether further improvement in placements can continue in contributing towards increasing medical recruitment in psychiatry.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude of Medical Students toward Plastic Surgery

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 097-101
Author(s):  
Mukami Gathariki ◽  
Martin Ajujo ◽  
Lucianne Odiero ◽  
Thomas Amuti
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
P Value ◽  
Initial Exposure ◽  
Gender Grouping ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Media ◽  
Medical Exposure ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Introduction Inadequate professional and medical exposure and misconceptions about plastic surgery have not only been linked to students’ poor knowledge and attitude toward it, but also bias against the selection of plastic surgery as a specialty. This assertion is yet to be tested and confirmed in our setting. This study therefore aimed to determine the knowledge and attitude of medical students toward plastic surgery. Methods One hundred and eight (108) students between their 3rd and 4th year of study were randomly recruited and handed structured questionnaires on knowledge and attitude toward plastic surgery. Data were then analyzed using SPSS and represented in percentages, medians, and means. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests were done to assess for significant statistical differences based on gender grouping and year of study, respectively. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant at a 95% confidence interval. Results Majority of the students had some awareness about plastic surgery since, a majority (88%) identified plastic surgery with cosmetics and identified trauma as the main condition handled by plastic surgeons. Sixty-four percent (64%) acknowledged the risks associated with plastic surgery and 79.6% noted the presence of the procedures in Kenya. When assessing attitude, 62% reported that they did not want to pursue plastic surgery in the future, 75% would not consider plastic surgery done on them and 77% of the respondents felt embarrassed to undergo the surgery if their family knew while another 77% felt embarrassed if their friends knew. It is worth noting that 55% had their initial exposure to plastic surgery through information from the media sources. Mann-Whitney test done to assess for gender differences only revealed significant difference (p-value = 0.009) on assessing for the availability of plastic surgery procedures in Kenya. Kruskal–Wallis test did not reveal any significant differences based on year of study. Conclusion Data from our study suggest that students have some awareness about plastic surgery but have a poor attitude toward it.

scholarly journals Motivation towards medical career choice and academic performance in Latin American medical students: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. e0205674 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Smith Torres-Roman ◽  
Yuridia Cruz-Avila ◽  
Karina Suarez-Osorio ◽  
Miguel Ángel Arce-Huamaní ◽  
Alejandra Menez-Sanchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Career

scholarly journals Burnout Syndrome amongst Medical Students in Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Determinants in Preclinical and Clinical Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsi Njim ◽  
Haman Makebe ◽  
Louise Toukam ◽  
Belmond Kika ◽  
Steve Fonkou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Random Sequence ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
P Value ◽  
Medical Studies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Stressors

Background. Due to a series of recognised psychological stressors in the traditional path of medical studies, medical students are prone to experience burnout syndrome. Objective. This study aimed to determine the predictors of burnout syndrome amongst medical students in Cameroon. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study which recruited 413 medical students consecutively after sampling three of the five medical schools in Cameroon using a random sequence generator. Data were collected via a printed self-administered questionnaire from consenting participants assessing burnout syndrome using the OLdenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI). Data was analysed using Stata version 12 and p value significance was set at 95%. Multivariable linear regression was used to identify independent determinants of burnout syndrome. Results. An alpha Cronbach coefficient of 0.74 showed that the OLBI assessed the same underlying construct of burnout syndrome in this population. The results of the multiple linear regression showed that five predictors explained 35.0% of the variance (R2 = 35.0, F(9, 184) = 10.99, p <0.001). It was found that marital status significantly predicted burnout (Beta: 4.82, p value: 0.024), as well as relationship difficulties (Beta: 3.17, p value <0.001), cumulative GPA (Beta: -2.15, p value: 0.006), regretting the choice of medical studies (Beta: 7.85, p value <0.001), and recreational drug use (Beta: 6.99, p value: 0.005). Conclusion. Early detection of burnout in medical students in Cameroon could be done by identifying and addressing the potential determinants. The institution of preventive measures against burnout syndrome in medical schools in Cameroon is warranted to decrease the morbidity associated with the condition.

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