Pai Sanjay A
Department of Pathology, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Malleswaram, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Natl Med J India. 2009 May-Jun;22(3):121-3.
Scant data are available on the career paths of Indian medical students. I wished to determine the career destinations of students who joined Grant Medical College, Bombay in 1982 and 1957, at 25 and 50 years, respectively, after having joined the medical school.
Questionnaire, telephone interview, e-mail response and personal interview were used to collect the data. I also collected emigration data for the students of the 1982 batch and sought to learn whether they were happy with their choice of career.
Forty-nine of 156 students of the 1982 batch and 49 of 84 students of the 1957 batch were abroad, at the 25- and 50-year stage, respectively. Most students (125 of 129) from the 1982 batch had no regrets about their choice of career. Most of those in India (94 of 106) worked entirely in the private health sector. Only 1 student from each batch was in basic research.
At least one-fourth of students from the batch of 1982 and over half the students from the batch of 1957 were abroad. Over 90% of those in India were in the private health sector and were happy with their choice of career.
关于印度医学生职业道路的数据稀少。我希望确定分别于1982年和1957年进入孟买格兰特医学院的学生在入学25年和50年后的职业去向。
通过问卷调查、电话访谈、电子邮件回复和个人访谈收集数据。我还收集了1982届学生的移民数据，并试图了解他们对自己职业选择是否满意。
1982届的156名学生中有49名，1957届的84名学生中有49名分别在25年和50年阶段时身处国外。1982届的大多数学生（129名中的125名）对自己的职业选择没有遗憾。印度的大多数学生（106名中的94名）完全在私营卫生部门工作。每届只有1名学生从事基础研究。
1982届至少四分之一的学生以及1957届超过一半的学生身处国外。印度超过90%的学生在私营卫生部门工作，并且对自己的职业选择感到满意。
