title: Perception of the medical students on their future career in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Young physicians have many recruitment barriers in Iran. Therefore, for planning purpose, assessment of the attitudes of medical intern students towards their future career is important.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study assessed the view points of 300 medical students through a self administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software with P value &lt; 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and forty students (80%) of the students had responded to the questionnaire. Among them, 67.5% were female with mean age of 21.7±2.4. The main factors for deciding to study in medicine were their interest (64.1%), family pressure (13.5%) and social prestige of medical career (9.8%). The mean score of attitudes was 2.3±0.6. In total, 24.5% of students demonstrated not having interest in studying medicine. The most important cause of their interest change was long duration of education (24.4%) and cost of studying in medicine (13.8%). In total, 88.6% of students had negative viewpoint towards their medical career in future.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In general, the attitude of medical students toward their future career was negative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
authors.forename: Ameneh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barikani
authors.forename: Mahsa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afaghi
authors.forename: Firooze
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barikani
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Afaghi
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult