Odusanya O O, Alakija W, Akesode F A
College of Medicine, Lagos State University, P.M.B. 21266, Ikeja, Lagos.
Niger Postgrad Med J. 2000 Sep;7(3):112-5.
All fifty-two pioneer medical students in a new medical school (The College of Medicine of Lagos State University), participated in a cross sectional survey to identify their socio-demographic profile and career intentions. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The students were observed to be mature. Their mean age was 23.6 years +/- 3.8. A third were graduates with at least a first degree, while 23% had parents with medical background. Factors influencing their choice of medicine as a career were desire to serve mankind (91%), primary interest in the profession (90%) and parental influence (84%). Sixty-seven per cent of them would want to specialize while the most frequently chosen fields were obstetrics and gynaecology (28.6%) and surgery (25.7%). The main reasons influencing specialisation were primary interest in the specialty (91%), service to humanity (91%) and job satisfaction (85.7%). A desire to specialize was evident even in these medical students who were just starting medical school.
一所新医学院（拉各斯州立大学医学院）的52名首批医学生参与了一项横断面调查，以确定他们的社会人口统计学特征和职业意向。采用自行填写的结构化问卷收集数据。观察发现这些学生都已成熟。他们的平均年龄为23.6岁±3.8岁。三分之一的学生拥有至少一个本科学位，23%的学生父母有医学背景。影响他们选择医学作为职业的因素包括服务人类的愿望（91%）、对该职业的主要兴趣（90%）和父母的影响（84%）。其中67%的学生希望进行专科学习，最常选择的领域是妇产科（28.6%）和外科（25.7%）。影响专科选择的主要原因是对该专科的主要兴趣（91%）、服务人类（91%）和工作满意度（85.7%）。即使在这些刚进入医学院的医学生中，也明显存在专科学习的愿望。
