Abstract
The medical field has wide career preferences as the medical world develops, making it attractive for students to study medicine. The breadth of career preferences in the medical field exposes students to various career options according to their wishes and abilities. Insight into medical career preferences will help students determine the right medical career. This study aims to determine the determinants of career preferences of medical preclinical students in general in Indonesia. This study used a method descriptive cross-sectional. The data is the result of the questionnaire in accordance with the inclusion criteria of the sample. The number of samples obtained was 145 medical preclinical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University. From the results of the study, it was found that 138 students (95.2%) chose a career as a clinician and 7 students (4.8%) chose a career as a non-clinical doctor. Students who choose clinicians, choose a pediatrician and internal medicine specialist as many as 22 students (16.2%). Pre-clinical blocks that are preferred by students are Behavior 87 students (60%) and Endocrine 24 students (16.6%). Parental background, cost, and time required for further education are not obstacles for respondents to choose their career preferences.
Highlights
In developing countries such as Indonesia, doctors are still a profession that has great appeal and interest compared to other professions
Talking about career preferences that are quite broad, create a condition where medical students in pursuing their education are required to know and know more about the available medical careers (Leduc et al, 2011). This is important for medical students to consider in determining their future career preferences, because sometimes undergraduate students don't think about it until they graduate from medical education (Vanasse et al, 2011)
A total sample of 145 respondents came from preclinical medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University who already met the criteria as inclusion sample criteria
Summary
In developing countries such as Indonesia, doctors are still a profession that has great appeal and interest compared to other professions. Talking about career preferences that are quite broad, create a condition where medical students in pursuing their education are required to know and know more about the available medical careers (Leduc et al, 2011). This is important for medical students to consider in determining their future career preferences, because sometimes undergraduate students don't think about it until they graduate from medical education (Vanasse et al, 2011). There are conditions where new students and even prospective medical education applicants have strong career views and preferences for their future career in the medical world (Rodriguez et al, 2015). Many studies have been conducted and some of them mention that individual characteristics, family background, and associations of certain personality types greatly influence this (Bhat et al, 2012)
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