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Need and reason of 6th Year Medical Students' Selection of Residency Program |
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| Creator | 1. Busaba Supawattanabodee 2. Nattanicha Kluiprasert 3. Kulyaporn Wongkerd 4. Piyachat Nawachat 5. Pavida Piyamahunt |
| Title | Need and reason of 6th Year Medical Students' Selection of Residency Program |
| Publisher | Text and Journal Publication |
| Publication Year | 2562 |
| Journal Title | Vajira Medical Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 63 |
| Journal No. | 5 |
| Page no. | - |
| Keyword | medical specialty, need, reason, medical student |
| URL Website | https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/VMED |
| Website title | Vajira Medical Journal (วชิรเวชสาร) |
| ISSN | 0125-1252 |
| Abstract | Objectives: To study the 6th year medical students' selection of residency program and their reasons. Study design: Survey study Subjects: 6th year medical students Methods: This survey was conducted in 6th year medical students during year 2016. The online self- administered questionnaires have been sent to the participants via google forms. Main outcome measures: Reasons for selection of residency program Results: There were 79 medical students during year 2016, 38 participants replied online questionnaires (48.1%). Of these 38 participants, 37 cases (97.4%) intended to continue studying in medical specialty. Internal medicine, anesthesia , and pediatric were the top three respectively ( 24.4%, 13.5 and 10.8) . The reasons of their preference were classified into 3 parts; (1) Individualized characteristics ; the main reasons were personal interest and their own characteristics (97.9% and 81.6%) (2) Individualized reason during pre clinic and clinic training; the main reasons were personal interest and impression in their teachers during both training (74.1% and 85.3% ),( 51.9%and 70.6%) and (3) General; security and flexibility of the job (58.8% and 41.2%). Conclusions: Most of 6th year medical students who responded in this study intended to continue studying in medical specialty. The number one ranking specialist field was internal medicine. |
