The survey asked the following questions: describe what you do to assist students in resolving their problem of selecting a medical specialty, and what is your reaction to the proposed medical counseling service. (Author)

The author shows that medical school graduates are increasingly choosing careers in general and family practice. (PG)

The purpose of this study was to determine when an initial specialty choice is made during medical school, what specialty is chosen, and the consistency and change of specialty choices considered in relation to the specialty decisions expressed in the National Intern and Resident Matching Program. (Author/PG)

Rural GPs were significantly more overworked, had less opportunity for continuing education, had poorer medical facilities, and had less adequate schools for their children than urban GPs. On the other hand, rural work was felt to be more interesting and to provide closer contact with patients. (Author/KE)

This study was aimed specifically at determining the number of medical students who would, on a voluntary basis, utilize a source of information about their medical specialty preferences. The information was that provided by the Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (MSPI) developed by the authors. (Author)

A description of the interaction between factors which attract students to medicine as a profession and the learning style preferences of entering medical students. (Author)

Investigates personality differences between students intending to specialize in psychiatry and those planning careers in general practice. (HS)

Graduate medical education is defined as the phase that begins at graduation from medical school and ends after completion of the requirements for one of the specialty certifying boards. A chronology of events in the history of graduate medical education, 1844-1981, is provided. (MLW)

Both the physician and the patients he serves have a crucial stake in questions of specialty choice. (HS)

The number of U.S. graduates who enrolled in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in 1984 increased by 577 from a year ago. The most competitive programs were in emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedic surgery, otolarynology, urology, and diagnostic radiology. (MLW)

The career choice study in Croatia was undertaken as part of a larger, multidisciplinary program evaluating postgraduate training. Certain premises and limitations of the education of primary physicians were studied, notably the social and/or personality factors that motivate those aspiring to be general practitioners. (LBH)