Open AccessDoes Medical Students’ Sense of Belonging Affect Their Interest in Orthopaedic Surgery Careers? A Qualitative Investigation
Author(s) -
Katherine M. Gerull,
Priyanka Parameswaran,
Donna B. Jeffe,
Arghavan Salles,
Cara A. Cipriano
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001751
Subject(s) - medicine , grounded theory , thematic analysis , theoretical sampling , medical education , qualitative research , orthopedic surgery , diversity (politics) , affect (linguistics) , psychology , surgery , social science , sociology , anthropology , communication
The concept of social belonging has been shown to be important for retention and student success in collegiate environments and general surgery training. However, this concept has never been explored in relation to medical students' impressions of orthopaedic surgery careers.