This study was designed to test the assumption that in postgraduate medical education internships offered by different types of hospitals attract different types of individuals. (Author)

Data gathered in personal interviews with a probability sample of 402 physicians are analyzed to identify factors associated with the decision to leave general primary contact practice for speciality practice. (Author)

Describes a six-week rotation program through hospital departments for undergraduate college students to assist participants to establish firm career goals. (PG)

Survey shows academic pressures and lack of freedom most common sources of stress experienced by freshmen medical students. (IR)

A study examined changes in specialty preferences at three points: sophomore year of medical school, residency, and practice. A high (70 percent) consistency rate in career choices designated as primary care and nonprimary care over this time span was recorded. Medical school programs may strengthen existing preferences. (MSE)

Describes a program at the University of California-Davis designed for medical students interested in careers in health sciences. One of the goals of the program is to provide students with realistic data to choose a health career. (Editor/PG)

The medical scientist program at the Duke University School of Medicine was designed to prepare students with clinical experience for careers in basic science, clinical teaching, and investigation. The career selections and professional activities of graduates and the factors that may have influenced their career choices are examined. (MLW)

The changes in existing specialties and the demographic composition of medical school classes suggested that the predictive validity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator should be reexamined. MBTI scores of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine were cross-tabulated with their specialty choice. (MLW)

Understanding student problems regarding specialty choice may better be served by studying the decision-making process that produces a specialty choice. The difficulties that impede choice and reduce student certainty about choices made were investigated. (Author/MLW)

A study of 98 medical students' career choice and career change decisions, and the point in the medical curriculum at which they were made, is reported. Negative factors concerning the initial career choice accounted for 84 percent of the changes, and positive aspects of the new choice caused 16 percent. (MSE)

A study of the effects of the gender composition of U.S. medical school classes on the specialty choices of graduates during 1970-76, the period of greatest growth in female medical school enrollment, shows only weak statistical effects. The variation in specialty choice patterns across schools suggests a need for further investigation. (MSE)

Based on a paper delivered at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1969. (IR)

To see how clinical experiences affected attitudes about death and dying, students were tested before and after a 12-week surgical clerkship. Overall, students changed little in their fears of death and dying. Students who scored high on personality rigidity had more negative attitudes and changed less during the clerkship. (Author/MLW)