Attitudes, motivators, and barriers to a career in surgery: a national study of U.K. undergraduate medical students.

Sutton, Paul A.; Mason, John; Vimalachandran, C. Dale; McNally, Scarlett

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.03.005

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Attitudes, motivators, and barriers to a career in surgery: a national study of U.K. undergraduate medical students.

Author(s): Paul A Sutton ¹ , John Mason ² , Dale Vimalachandran ¹ , Scarlett McNally ³

Publication date (Electronic): April 30 2014

Journal: Journal of surgical education

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Keywords: Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, career, medical student, surgery, undergraduate

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Numerous factors influence the career choices of undergraduate medical students, although little work has focused specifically on the surgical specialties. We aimed to investigate medical students' early experiences of surgery along with the motivators and barriers to selecting a surgical career.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Surg Educ

Title: Journal of surgical education

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-7452

ISSN (Print): 1878-7452

Publication date (Electronic): April 30 2014

Volume: 71

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom; Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, United Kingdom.

[2 ] Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom.

[3 ] Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom; East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Sussex, United Kingdom. Electronic address: smcnally@rcseng.ac.uk.

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Publisher Item ID: S1931-7204(14)00078-6

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.03.005

PubMed ID: 24776853

SO-VID: dcc09cac-1d15-4632-a06e-65c044aeb60b

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Keywords: Interpersonal and Communication Skills,Patient Care,Practice-Based Learning and Improvement,Professionalism,career,medical student,surgery,undergraduate

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Keywords: Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, career, medical student, surgery, undergraduate

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