Cerrahlarda beklenen azalma: ortopedi stajı tıp öğrencilerinin kariyer seçimini etkiler mi?

Abstract

Amaç Bu çalışmanın amacı tıp öğrencilerinin kariyer seçimlerini ve demografik faktörlerin ve ortopedi uzmanlık eğitim programının tıp öğrencilerinin kariyer seçimleri üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler Bu çalışma, 2018-2019 akademik yılları arasında Ortopedi stajına katılan toplam 154 tıp öğrencisi (92 kadın ve 62 erkek; ort. yaş 23.7 ± 2.8) üzerinde gerçekleştirildi. Öğrenciler, staj programlarının ilk ve son günlerinde olmak üzere iki kez bir ankete tabi tutuldu ve son sınıf tıp öğrencilerinin kariyer seçimi tercihleri ve bu seçimde rol oynayabilecek faktörler incelenmiştir. Bulgular Seksen üç (%53,9) öğrenci Ortopedi stajından sonra tercihini ve 72 öğrenci (%46,8) tercih sırasını değiştirmiştir. Ortopedi stajından sonra ortopedi tercih eden (p<0.001) ve ortopedi branşını tercih listesinde birinci sıraya yerleştiren (p=0.039) öğrenci sayısındaki artış istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur. Kız ve erkek öğrenciler arasında, ortopedi stajından önce (p=0.955) ve sonra (p=0.182) cerrahi branşları tercih listesinde ilk sıraya koyma açısından anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır. Erkek öğrencilerin ortopedi branşını hem staj öncesi (p<0.001) hem de staj sonrasında (p<0.001) kız öğrencilerden anlamlı olarak daha fazla tercih ettikleri görülmüştür. Sonuçlar Öğretim üyeleri, araştırma görevlileri ve hatta ameliyathane personelinin olumlu desteği ile öğrencilerin ameliyatlara ve ameliyathaneye erken dönemde ve aktif olarak katılımlarının sağlanması hem erkek hem de kız tıp öğrencilerinin ortopedi branşına olan ilgisini artırabilir.

Keywords

• Kariyer seçimi
• tıp eğitimi
• lisans eğitimi
• ortopedi asistanlığı
• cerrahi branş asistanlığı

Anticipated decrease in surgeons: does orthopedic internship affect medical students career choice?

Abstract

Aim The aim of this study is to determine medical students' career choices and to identify the effect of both demographic factors and the orthopedics residency education program on medical students’ career choices. Materials and Methods This study was performed on a total of 154 medical students (92 females and 62 males; mean age 23.7 ± 2.8) who attended Orthopedic internship program between 2018 and 2019 academic years. The students were subjected to a questionnaire twice on the first and last days of their internship program, which investigated distribution of selection of final year medical students’ career choices and factors that may play role on this selection. Results Eighty-three (53.9%) students had changed their preferences and 72 (46.8%) had changed the order of preferences after Orthopedic internship program. The increase in the number of students who chose Orthopedics (p<0.001) and who placed Orthopedics in first order in their list of preferences (p=0.039) was statistically significant after the Orthopedic internship program. There was no significant difference between the female and male students in terms of placing surgical branches first in their list of preferences before (p=0.955) and after Orthopedic internship program (p=0.182). It was found that male students chose Orthopedics significantly more than females both before (p<0.001) and after (p<0.001) the internship. Conclusion We demonstrated that early and active recruitment in surgery and operating theatre with positive support of faculty, residents and even operating room staff may increase interest in orthopedic surgery both for male and female medical students.

Keywords

• Career choice,
• medical education
• undergraduate
• orthopedic residency
• surgical residency

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