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Medical School Admission and Generalist Physicians: A Study of the Class of 1985.

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Madison, Donald L. – Academic Medicine, 1994

A follow-up study of 148 medical school graduates investigated the predictive value of medical college admissions data for choice of a generalist career (family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics). Factors indicating a high orientation toward community service before medical school were found predictive of generalist choices.…

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, College Admission, Family Practice (Medicine)

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