title: [Medical students of Hungary. A changing profession or feminisation?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Career motivations, professional socialization, as well as somatic and mental health of medical students have received a growing interest.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore gender-related differences among medical students in the fields of career motivations, somatic and mental health, and stress factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nationwide, cross-sectional, quantitative survey on a sample of medical students (n = 731).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Female medical students choose their profession earlier, and their career motivations are more altruistic than their male colleagues. The lack of the role model is more typical for females. Female students have more psychosomatic disorders, and complain about more stress factors than males. Workload, sleeping disorders and emotional exhaustion are significantly higher among female medical students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show that health protection of female medical students may have a key role in the prevention of subsequent morbidity of female physicians in Hungary.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Magatartástudományi Intézet Budapest Nagyvárad tér 4. 1089.
authors.forename: Zsuzsa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Győrffy
authors.forename: Irén
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Csala
authors.forename: Imola
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sándor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002321:Career Choice; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: career motivation; factor of stress; gender; medical students; orvostanhallgatók; pályaválasztás; stressztényezők