title: Why medical students choose orthopedic surgery as a specialty?
abstract: Before the crisis announced the Moroccan surgery, the objectives of this study were to analyze the choice of specialties newly appointed to the internal review and the guidance of medical students and to determine the factors influencing this choice. Data on specialty choice students were analyzed and a questionnaire was offered to students of Morocco at the beginning of academic year 2013-20014 The form consisted of questions on the year of study. sex, professional guidelines and reasons for choice. candidates were male, the average age of our residents was 28 years. We also noted the importance of the passage as well as external service trauma. Care provided to patients, lifestyle and income reported by 85% of respondents to be the most important factors to pursue orthopedics as a career. The TR-Orth is now a specialty that responds to a positive choice. The choice of TR-Orth by students at the end of medical school curriculum is reinforced by teaching and practicing the specialty during the internship. The overall training is unsatisfactory overall. Students would deepen in some areas. This study confirms that there is currently a shift in trauma surgery, mostly induced by an a priori negative for particular workloads.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery Unit and Traumatology, University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco.
authors.forename: Moncef
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erraji
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery Unit and Traumatology, University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdessamad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kharraji
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery Unit and Traumatology, University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco.
authors.forename: Najib
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery Unit and Traumatology, University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdeljawad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Najib
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery Unit and Traumatology, University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yacoubi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000193:education*; D013038:Specialization; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Surgery; education; training; traumatology-orthopedic surgery