title: [Choice of career by French medical students after the national ranking exam in 2012].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Since 2011, the French medical students ranked after a national ranking exam (NRE) are making their career choice among 11 disciplines detailing the chosen one. Before 2011, this precise choice was unknown. Our work is the first descriptive study of French medical students choice of career after the NRE, precising the medical specialty chosen and the city of practical formation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the Excel(®) file transmitted by the 'Agence régionale de santé d'Aquitaine' once students choice done after the 2012 NRE. A median range analysis was made for disciplines and city formation choices. For medical and surgery specialties, the analysis was compared to regional medical densities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the median national choice, the first sixth disciplines chosen are ophthalmology, nephrology, internal medicine, radiology, cardiology and dermatology. Women are more attracted by medical gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, or dermatology; men mostly by neurosurgery, general surgery, nuclear medicine or cardiology. The most rated cities of formation according to their national median range of choice are Lyon, Montpellier and Paris. A majority of students (59 %) moved to another city to obtain the desired specialty. Among general practitioners, 56 % of students stayed in the city where they had been trained.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study may provide concrete objectives for French medical students accomplishing their second cycle of medical studies, as well as supplemental data for French medical demographic management.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Bordeaux, hôpital Haut-Lévêque, service de médecine interne et de maladies infectieuses, 33604 Pessac cedex, France; CHU de Bordeaux, hôpital Pellegrin, service de réanimation médicale, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Université Bordeaux Segalen, 33076 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: e.riviere@neuf.fr.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quinton
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Delas
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pélissier
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pellegrin
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gruson
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013038:Specialization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data