title: Analysis of medical student's book reports on Cronin's The Citadel: would young doctors give up ideals for prestige and wealth?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to find what medical students think the reward for their future work should be and whether they would keep their ideals or abandon them for prestige and wealth by analyzing the book reports of Cronin's The Citadel.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 50 medical students of junior class. A month before the classroom lecture, the book and digital video disk were provided. Students had discussions in groups of seven and wrote book reports which include answers of three questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regarding what should be the reward for the medical doctor, two-thirds of students (66.7%) answered with spiritual compensation, while one-third (33.3%) chose material reward. In the situation presented to Manson, three-fifths (60.0%) answered they would keep their ideals (idealist), while the remaining two-fifths (40.0%) decided they would abandon them. Less than one-third of students (30.0%) answered they would reveal the corruptions of the doctor's society, while two-thirds (64.0%) would not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The larger number of idealists who prefer spiritual reward rather than a material reward represents the innocence of youth as in portrayed in The Citadel.
authors.affiliation: Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Se Won
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4365-2060
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha Research Institute for Medical Science, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6296-9584
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha Research Institute for Medical Science, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ae Yang
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5704-3875
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Inha Research Institute for Medical Science, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1994-2538
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D010820:Physicians; D012923:Social Class; D012945:Social Values; D013337:Students, Medical; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Medical students; Medicine in literature; Physicians; Reward