title: Attitudes to anesthesiology residency among medical students in the American and the Israel programs at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a growing shortage of anesthesiologists practicing in Israel. This shortage is in contrast with the United States where anesthesiology has become a very desired specialty.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To discover what factors attract Israeli students to choose a residency and how students view the option of choosing anesthesiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  We sent questionnaires to students in the Israeli and American programs at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine asking about factors that influenced their choice of residency and the advantages and disadvantages of a residency in anesthesiology. Although the students were studying at the same medical school and hospitals, students in the Israeli program were planning to enroll in Israeli residency programs while students in the American program planned to apply for residency in the United States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significantly larger proportion of American students (12.9%) were interested in an anesthesiology residency when compared with the Israeli students (0%) (P = 0.034). American students considered salary and working conditions to be advantages of the anesthesiology residency while Israeli students considered Israeli working conditions and salaries to be a disadvantage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Whereas there is considerable interest among American students at Sackler Medical School in an anesthesiology residency, there is little interest among Israeli students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson Campus), Petah Tikva, Israel. sharonorbach@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orbach-Zinger
authors.forename: Racheli
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.forename: Shuli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Svetzky
authors.forename: Asenath
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Staiman
authors.forename: Leonid A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Eidelman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D016526:Workload