FACTORS AFFECTING CAREER CHOICE OF MEDICAL FACULTY STUDENTS AT INONU UNIVERSITY

Year 2007, Volume: 8 Issue: 13, 49 - 63, 01.02.2007

Gülten Genç Alim Kaya Metin Genç

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of major factors on students? decision for preferring medicine as a profession The study was carried out on medical students studying at Inonu University through 2OO2 2OO3 academic year A total of 362 students out of 448 participated in the study 81 2 participation A five point Likert Type of questionnaire was developed and volunteer students were asked to complete the questionnaire form Of the students 248 68 1 were male and 116 31 9 were female Of the students who participated in the study 280 77 3 preferred medicine as their first choice whereas the rest 22 7 preferred other programs The first five reasons for medical students to select medicine included respectively enjoying helping others 4 27 being successful at high school 3 89 having a highly appreciated profession 3 82 having an interest in medicine 3 73 and being skillful in medicine 3 73

Keywords

Medical education, career choice, career counseling

İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ TIP FAKÜLTESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MESLEK SEÇİMİNİ ETKİYEN FAKTÖRLER

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, İnönü Üniversitesi tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinin meslek
seçiminde rol oynayabileceği düşünülen etmenleri incelemektir. Fakültede
2002-2003 eğitim yılında 448 öğrenci eğitim görmektedir. Şubat 2003’de
uygulanan anketi 364 öğrenci cevaplamış olup, araştırmaya katılma oranı %
81.2’dir. Öğrencilerin 248’i (%68.1) erkek, 116’sı (31.9) kızdır. Öğrencilerin %
77.3’ünün ilk tercihi tıp fakültesi iken, %55.8’i ilk sınavda tıp fakültesini
kazanmışlardır. Tıbbı tercih nedenleri ile ilgili olarak öğrencilerin çeşitli
etmenlere 5’li Likert skalasına göre (5-4-3-2-1) puan vermeleri istenmiştir. Buna
göre hastalara yardım isteği (ortalama 4.27 puan), okulda başarılı öğrenci
olma (3.89), tıbba ilgi duyma (3.84), hekimliğin saygın meslek olduğunu
düşünme (3.82) ve tıbba yeteneği olduğunu düşünme (3.73) ilk beş sırada yer
alan etmenlerdir.

Keywords

Tıp eğitimi, meslek seçimi, mesleki rehberlik

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