Ferreira Tomas, Collins Alexander M, Horvath Rita
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 19;12:e45992. doi: 10.2196/45992.
Among doctors in the United Kingdom, there is growing sentiment regarding delaying specialist training, emigrating to practice medicine abroad, or leaving the profession altogether. This trend may have substantial implications for the future of the profession in the United Kingdom. The extent to which this sentiment is also present in the medical student population is not well understood.
Our primary outcome is to determine current medical students' career intentions after graduation and upon completing the foundation program and to establish the motivations behind these intentions. Secondary outcomes include determining which, if any, demographic factors alter the propensity to pursue different career paths available to a medical graduate, determining which specialties medical students plan on pursuing, and understanding current views on the prospect of working in the National Health Service (NHS).
The Ascertaining the Career Intentions of Medical Students (AIMS) study is a national, multi-institution, and cross-sectional study in which all medical students at all medical schools in the United Kingdom are eligible to participate. It was administered via a novel, mixed methods, and web-based questionnaire and disseminated through a collaborative network of approximately 200 students recruited for this purpose. Both quantitative and thematic analyses will be performed.
The study was launched nationally on January 16, 2023. Data collection was closed on March 27, 2023, and data analysis has commenced. The results are expected to be available later in the year.
Doctors' career satisfaction within the NHS is a well-researched topic; however, there is a shortage of high-powered studies that are able to offer insight into medical students' outlook on their future careers. It is anticipated that the results of this study will bring clarity to this issue. Identified areas of improvement in medical training or within the NHS could be targeted to improve doctors' working conditions and help retain medical graduates. Results may also aid future workforce-planning efforts.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/45992.
在英国医生群体中，对于推迟专科培训、移民到国外行医或完全离开该职业的情绪日益高涨。这一趋势可能对英国该职业的未来产生重大影响。而这种情绪在医学生群体中的存在程度尚不清楚。
我们的主要结果是确定当前医学生毕业后及完成基础课程后的职业意向，并确定这些意向背后的动机。次要结果包括确定哪些人口统计学因素（如果有的话）会改变医学生选择不同职业道路的倾向，确定医学生计划从事哪些专科，以及了解当前对在国民医疗服务体系（NHS）工作前景的看法。
医学生职业意向确定（AIMS）研究是一项全国性、多机构的横断面研究，英国所有医学院校的医学生均有资格参与。该研究通过一种新颖的、混合方法的基于网络的问卷进行，并通过为此目的招募的约200名学生组成的协作网络进行传播。将进行定量和主题分析。
该研究于2023年1月16日在全国范围内启动。数据收集于2023年3月27日结束，数据分析已开始。预计今年晚些时候公布结果。
国民医疗服务体系内医生的职业满意度是一个经过充分研究的话题；然而，缺乏能够深入了解医学生对其未来职业看法的高质量研究。预计本研究结果将使这个问题更加清晰。确定医学培训或国民医疗服务体系内需要改进的领域，可针对性地改善医生的工作条件并帮助留住医学毕业生。结果也可能有助于未来的劳动力规划工作。
国际注册报告识别号（IRRID）：DERR1-10.2196/45992 。
