Saad Syed Muhammad Ali, Fatima Syeda Shahzeen, Faruqi Ali Ahmad
Dow Medical College.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2011 Aug;61(8):832-6.
To assess students' perceptions regarding merits and demerits of selecting medicine as a profession.
A cross sectional survey based on convenience sampling was done, where 300 students of both sexes were included, 150 from a medical profession and 150 from a non-medical profession. They were asked to fill a structured, pretested questionnaire, and the results were analyzed by SPSS 16.0.
All medical students mentioned that they selected the medical profession because of personal interest. In addition to this 95% students believed this profession offers services to humanity. However, 87% students felt that their family had an influence in their career selection. Interestingly gender consideration, financial reward and overseas consideration ranked low in order. There was a statistically significant difference between the preclinical and clinical groups in their decision of reselecting medicine, if they were given a second chance (p = 0.001). Of those who did not opt for a medical career, 78% students mentioned that medical training is difficult and prolonged, 75% students felt that there is too much competition while 62% students expressed that doctors have excessive working hours.
Our study concluded that reasons for joining medical profession are primarily based on personal interest, respect and honor, family influence and service to humanity. Financial gain is not a major consideration of many students in choosing medicine as a profession, however, long working hours and prolonged training discourages many students.
评估学生对于选择医学作为职业的优缺点的看法。
采用基于便利抽样的横断面调查，纳入300名男女学生，其中150名来自医学专业，150名来自非医学专业。他们被要求填写一份经过预测试的结构化问卷，并使用SPSS 16.0对结果进行分析。
所有医学生均表示他们选择医学专业是出于个人兴趣。除此之外，95%的学生认为该职业为人类提供服务。然而，87%的学生觉得他们的家庭对其职业选择有影响。有趣的是，性别因素、经济回报和海外因素的排名较低。如果有第二次机会，临床前组和临床组在重新选择医学的决定上存在统计学显著差异（p = 0.001）。在那些没有选择医学职业的学生中，78%的学生提到医学培训困难且时间长，75%的学生觉得竞争过于激烈，而62%的学生表示医生工作时间过长。
我们的研究得出结论，加入医学职业的原因主要基于个人兴趣、尊重和荣誉、家庭影响以及为人类服务。经济收益并非许多学生选择医学作为职业的主要考虑因素，然而，长时间工作和长期培训使许多学生望而却步。
