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The Controllable Lifestyle Factor and Students' Attitudes about Specialty Selection.

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Schwartz, Richard W.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990

Students were asked to state their selected specialty and to rank the importance that each of 25 influences listed on a questionnaire had in making their specialty choice. Selected specialties were classified into three groups: noncontrollable lifestyle, controllable lifestyle, and surgery. (MLW)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Higher Education, Life Style

Factors Influencing Medical Students to Choose Primary Care or Non-primary Care Specialties.

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Rogers, Laura Q.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990

A questionnaire was administered to 339 graduating senior medical students at the Medical College of Georgia to determine different potential sources of influence on career choice. Indebtedness may be associated with the choice of a non-primary care specialty with greater remuneration than primary care specialty. (MLW)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Costs, Debt (Financial), Decision Making