McManus, IC and Livingston, G and Katona, C (2006) The attractions of medicine: the generic motivations of medical school applicants in relation to demography, personality and achievement. BMC Med Educ , 6 11 - ?. 10.1186/1472-6920-6-11.
Abstract
The motivational and other factors used by medical students in making their career choices for specific medical specialities have been looked at in a number of studies in the literature. There are however few studies that assess the generic factors which make medicine itself of interest to medical students and to potential medical students. This study describes a novel questionnaire that assesses the interests and attractions of different aspects of medical practice in a varied range of medical scenarios, and relates them to demographic, academic, personality and learning style measures in a large group of individuals considering applying to medical school.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The attractions of medicine: the generic motivations of medical school applicants in relation to demography, personality and achievement. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access publication |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1472-6920-6-11 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | PMCID: PMC1397825 |
| Keywords: | Adolescent, Adult, Career Choice, Congresses as Topic, Demography, Education, Medical, Educational Status, Empathy, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Great Britain, Humans, Learning, Male, Motivation, Personality, Questionnaires, Schools, Medical, Sex Factors, Social Desirability, Specialization, Students |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Mental Health Sciences Unit UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > UCL Medical School > Academic Centre of Medical Education UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > UCL Medical School > Academic Centre of Medical Education |
Archive Staff Only: edit this record