Future recruitment into obstetrics and gynaecology: factors affecting early career choice.
Medical students attending a careers talk in obstetrics and gynaecology at Nottingham University were approached in this survey, to identify factors which influenced an early career choice in O&G. We received 60 responses, giving a response rate of 83.3%. The positive factors that encouraged an early career choice of O&G were: a positive undergraduate O&G attachment; consultant and junior doctor role-models; a good mix of medicine and surgery; availability of hands-on opportunities and early career advice. The perception of long working hours was not a negative influence. Male medical students were put-off by the lack of opportunity to undertake pelvic examinations.
Tay
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. jasmine.tay@gmail.com
Siddiq
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Atiomo
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D002321:Career Choice; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics; D010560:Personnel Selection