Department of Preventive Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan 44033, Korea.
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 16;17(10):3486. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103486.
Current medical school education focuses on acquiring appropriate knowledge with relatively little interest in developing the career selection skills of medical students. We investigated medical students' perceptions of career problems and the required types of career counseling programs. Five focus group discussions were held with 23 medical students. The consensual qualitative study method was used to analyze the recorded discussion process. The medical students were more influenced by parents and grades than by subjective choices when deciding on admission to medical school. In future career choices, medical students considered the stability and feasibility of the career and expected quality of life. However, there were several opinions that it is essential to understand oneself. Objective and specific career information was lacking, and meeting with the professor was not very helpful for career counseling. Most medical students expected the effectiveness of the career counseling program but hoped the program would proceed with voluntary participation. Medical students wanted a variety of concrete and objective information, such as specialty information for choosing residency training, trainee hospital information, and post-residency training information in the career counseling program. Most medical students are not ready for career-related problems, therefore making it necessary to develop a career counseling program suitable for them.
当前的医学院校教育侧重于获取适当的知识，而对培养医学生的职业选择技能则关注甚少。我们调查了医学生对职业问题的看法以及所需的职业咨询计划类型。我们与 23 名医学生进行了五次焦点小组讨论。使用共识定性研究方法来分析记录的讨论过程。医学生在决定报考医学院时，受到父母和成绩的影响比主观选择更大。在未来的职业选择中，医学生考虑到职业的稳定性和可行性以及预期的生活质量。但是，也有一些人认为了解自己是至关重要的。客观而具体的职业信息匮乏，与教授见面对于职业咨询并没有太大帮助。大多数医学生希望职业咨询计划能够有效，但希望该计划能够以自愿参与的方式进行。医学生希望在职业咨询计划中获得各种具体和客观的信息，例如选择住院医师培训的专业信息、实习医院信息和住院医师培训后的信息。大多数医学生还没有准备好应对与职业相关的问题，因此有必要为他们开发适合的职业咨询计划。
