MULTICENTER CROSS-SECTIONAL RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/NPU-VOU.2024.4(95).04Keywords:
neurology, medical students, interns, job satisfaction, medical educationAbstract
The aim of this study was to assess the factors influencing medical students’ choice of neurology as a profession and their satisfaction with this choice. A multicenter cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted, involving 95 neurology interns and specialists from Ukraine and 31 from the Kyrgyz Republic, aged 21 to 70 years, through a self-designed questionnaire in Google Forms. The questionnaire included 10 questions about the possible reasons for their choice. Statistical analysis was performed using the χ2 test calculated with the Jamovi software (version 2.3.28) for Windows. According to the survey results, 63% of doctors/interns from Ukraine chose neurology as their own decision; 9.5% were influenced by the decision of parents or spouses, 11% based their choice on the distance between home and the hospital, 12.6% entered neurology due to allocation (state-mandated distribution), and 3.9% cited the influence of a teacher or family member as decisive. The χ2 test showed a statistically significant difference in the distribution of choice factors depending on the grade in the subject “Neurology” (χ2 = 20.6, p = 0.008). Despite the numerous challenges and trials posed by the neurology specialty, the vast majority of medical students worldwide independently choose this profession and remain satisfied with their decision.
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