Susan J Frank, Jessica Rosenblum, Todd Miller, Marjorie W Stein
Harnessing Technology: Using an iPad to Enhance Radiology Medical Student Education
Medical science educator
throughout years study undergraduate medical students expected gain broad comprehension medical specialties acquiring undergraduate degree decision choose specialty critical every students life determines rest career path study aims determine factors influencing medical students choices various specialties different countries middle east north africa crosssectional study conducted march 2022 targeting medical students middle east north african countries questionnaire used collect data students consisted four sections ethical approval obtained unit biomedical ethics research committee king abdulaziz university participation voluntary anonymous statistical analysis ibm statistical package social sciences spss statistics windows version 210 ibm corp armonk ny usa used categorical variables presented using numbers associated frequencies percentages categorical variables correlated using chisquare test oneway analysis variance anova test used compare means three independent groups logistic regression odds ratio 95 confidence interval ci used identify factors associated specialty selection p 005 considered statistically significant total 1109 students responded questionnaire participants gender characteristics showed 672 606 females 437 394 males among 127 second year 180 third year 362 fourth year 85 fifth year 37 sixth year 108 interns median age participants 220 years mean 2209 2891 473 426 students undecided future medical specialty income 759 684 career prospects 723 652 preferred factors decision pursue future medical specialization conclusion medical surgical specialties identified preferred future career path discovered students decisionmaking influenced income career prospects sense competency needed choose future medical specialty future research would revealing