Open AccessLongitudinal Qualitative Study of Career Decision-making of First-Year Medical Students
Author(s) -
Rachel Gottlieb-Smith,
Douglas J. Gelb,
Benjamin J. Becker,
Braydon Dymm,
Olivia Gutgsell,
Namrata Patel,
Dorene Balmer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neurology. clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2163-0933
pISSN - 2163-0402
DOI - 10.1212/cpj.0000000000001071
Subject(s) - neurology , specialty , thematic analysis , psychology , medical education , perception , economic shortage , medical school , qualitative research , curriculum , medicine , pedagogy , psychiatry , social science , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , sociology , government (linguistics)
The growing shortage of neurologists is in part due to suboptimal recruitment. Little is known about students' decision making regarding a career in neurology, particularly early in training. Using a longitudinal qualitative approach, we aimed to understand factors that influence first-year medical students' decisions about neurology.