Title :

Factors influencing medical students’ choice of specialization: A gender based systematic review

Author(s) :

Levaillant, Mathieu [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers [CHU Angers]
Levaillant, Lucie [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers [CHU Angers]
Lerolle, Nicolas [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers [CHU Angers]
VALLET, BENOIT [Auteur]
Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694 [METRICS]
Hamel-Broza, Jean-François [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers [CHU Angers]

Journal title :

EClinicalMedicine

Abbreviated title :

EClinicalMedicine

Volume number :

28

Pages :

100589

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2020-11

ISSN :

2589-5370

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Background Students’ choice of medical specialties has evolved throughout year, with a growing interest in quality of life and in technological specialties. We investigated the repartition of such choices in the world and ...
Show more >Background Students’ choice of medical specialties has evolved throughout year, with a growing interest in quality of life and in technological specialties. We investigated the repartition of such choices in the world and its influencing factors with a focus on the gender's influence, for helping policy-makers to deal with medical shortage and territorial to specialty disconnect. Methods A systematic search was conducted on MEDLINE and Scopus from January 2010 to January 2020. Data extraction and analysis followed JBI and PRISMA recommendations. The selected articles had to focus on medical students, detail their choice of specialty, and look for factors influencing their choice. Articles were excluded if they only assessed the attractiveness of a specialty, or evaluated a public policy. This review was registered on PROSPERO, CRD 42020169227. Findings 751 studies were screened, and fifty-four were included. Surgery and internal medicine were the most wanted specialties, both in occidental and non-occidental countries. The main factors influencing the choice of specialty were lifestyle, work-life balance and discipline interest, with variation across different countries. Gender clearly affected this choice with 63.7% of men willing radiology and 14.7% of men in obstetrics and gynecology. Interpretation Influential factors vary with specialty and are affected by the country of residence. Gender has a great impact in students’ willingness to work in specific specialties. Policymakers should adapt their appealing strategies according to the country and the medical discipline concerned. Funding The authors have no support or funding to report.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CHU Lille

Collections :

• METRICS : Evaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales - ULR 2694

Submission date :

2021-12-08T09:52:38Z
2024-05-02T08:07:10Z