Bin Abdulrahman Khalid A, Alobaida Badr Abdullatif, Alzabadin Rakan Abdullah, Alosaimi Abdulaziz Khalid, Almutairi Nafea Saad, Alayed Faisal Abdullah, Alsahabi Basil Khalid, Alqumaizi Abdullah Khalid
Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022 Sep 28;13:1187-1195. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S375627. eCollection 2022.
Medical education is a challenging profession requiring students to acquire various skills and develop them continuously before and after graduation. The study aimed to assess the students' preference toward specialty and determine their preferred residency program and future ambitions regarding administrative and leadership positions.
This is a cross-sectional self-administered survey that included medical students in 1st year, and 5th year and internship at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). The questionnaire consisted of demographic information and questions about the student's choices regarding plans.
Four hundred and fifty-eight (458) medical students out of 583 students (55.5% junior and 44.5% senior students) enrolled themselves in the study and completed the survey. Findings revealed that medical students' top five preferred future general medical specialties were surgery (34.5), followed by internal medicine (18.3), family medicine (17.2), dermatology (14.6), and emergency medicine (15.9). The junior students were found to be more inclined toward dermatology, medical genetics, and surgical general specialties. The findings showed that 63% of the students were interested in becoming future leaders, with 52.8% of them wishing to become head of a medical department. When asked about their desired qualifications, 85.8% preferred the Saudi Board.
Surgery was the most favorable specialty among medical students, followed by internal medicine, family medicine and dermatology, and emergency medicine. The study showed a significant difference between males and females and seniors and juniors in preference of specialty and medical qualification, the female medical students prefer to specialize in dermatology (p=0.027), neurology (p=0.028), and obstetrics and gynecology (p=0.001) as a general specialty significantly more than male medical students. It shows that students are interested in future leadership goals.
医学教育是一项具有挑战性的职业，要求学生在毕业前后掌握各种技能并不断发展这些技能。本研究旨在评估学生对专业的偏好，确定他们首选的住院医师培训项目以及他们在行政和领导职位方面的未来抱负。
这是一项横断面自填式调查，纳入了伊玛目穆罕默德·本·沙特伊斯兰大学（IMSIU）的一年级、五年级医学生和实习生。问卷包括人口统计学信息以及关于学生对计划选择的问题。
583名学生（55.5%为低年级学生，44.5%为高年级学生）中有458名医学生参与了本研究并完成了调查。结果显示，医学生未来首选的五大普通医学专业依次为外科（34.5%），其次是内科（18.3%）、家庭医学（17.2%）、皮肤科（14.6%）和急诊医学（15.9%）。发现低年级学生更倾向于皮肤科、医学遗传学和普通外科专业。结果表明，63%的学生有兴趣成为未来的领导者，其中52.8%希望成为医学科室主任。当被问及他们期望的资质时，85.8%的人首选沙特委员会认证。
外科是医学生中最受欢迎的专业，其次是内科、家庭医学、皮肤科和急诊医学。研究表明，在专业偏好和医学资质方面，男性与女性、高年级与低年级学生之间存在显著差异，女性医学生作为普通专业更倾向于皮肤科（p=0.027）、神经科（p=0.028）以及妇产科（p=0.001），显著高于男性医学生。这表明学生对未来的领导目标感兴趣。
