Algethami Mohammed R, Bandah Sara T, Safhi Maha A, Noman Gaida A, Ghunaim Abdullah H, Rizk Hisham, Alnajjar Hani A
Medical Intern, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Medical students, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mater Sociomed. 2019 Sep;31(3):197-201. doi: 10.5455/msm.2019.31.197-201.
There has been a progressive decline in students' interest to consider cardiothoracic surgery as future career in the distant regions in the world. There are many factors could explain declining interest in cardiothoracic surgery including diminished caseloads due to the expansive growth of interventional cardiology; length of training programs that influences medical student's perception. King Abdulaziz University student's interest to join the speciality explored in our study. We determined some factors that influence their decision making toward their cardiothoracic career.
We aimed to estimate the current interests of medical students at King Abdulaziz University to pursue a career in Cardiothoracic surgery and to determine the factors that positively or negatively affect their decision.
A self-administered online survey designed on Google form was distributed through email to fourth, fifth, and sixth-year medical students. Five domains; demographics, current career intentions, previous exposure to surgery, experiences and perceptions of cardiothoracic surgery were covered in the questionnaire to identify factors affecting student decision to choose cardiothoracic surgery as a future career.
Among 486 students at our institution, 179 (36, 83%) medical students completed the questionnaire more than half of them 91 (50.8%) were males. The percentage of students who considered cardiothoracic surgery as a future career was (4.5%); when asked if they were serious in pursuing a career in cardiothoracic surgery, (14.5%) of the student were affirmative. Of those participated in the survey, Twenty-four students believed they had adequate introduction to the cardiothoracic surgery during their undergraduate program.
cardiothoracic surgery is falling away behind other specialties as career of choice for many future physicians. It is believed mainly related to inadequate introduction to the field. Increasing exposure and close mentorship is needed to attract more students to pursue a career in cardiothoracic surgery.
在世界偏远地区，学生将心胸外科作为未来职业的兴趣一直在逐渐下降。有许多因素可以解释对心胸外科兴趣的下降，包括由于介入心脏病学的广泛发展导致病例数量减少；培训项目的时长影响医学生的认知。阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学学生对该专业的兴趣在我们的研究中得到了探讨。我们确定了一些影响他们对心胸外科职业决策的因素。
我们旨在评估阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医学生目前从事心胸外科职业的兴趣，并确定对他们的决策产生积极或消极影响的因素。
通过电子邮件向该校四、五、六年级医学生发放一份在谷歌表单上设计的自填式在线调查问卷。问卷涵盖五个领域：人口统计学、当前职业意向、以往外科手术接触经历、心胸外科的经验和认知，以确定影响学生选择心胸外科作为未来职业的因素。
在我校的486名学生中，179名（36.83%）医学生完成了问卷，其中超过一半，即91名（50.8%）为男性。将心胸外科视为未来职业的学生比例为4.5%；当被问及是否认真考虑从事心胸外科职业时，14.5%的学生给予肯定回答。在参与调查的学生中，24名学生认为他们在本科课程中对心胸外科有足够的了解。
作为许多未来医生的职业选择，心胸外科正落后于其他专业。这主要被认为与对该领域的介绍不足有关。需要增加接触机会并提供密切指导，以吸引更多学生从事心胸外科职业。
