Miah, S;
Pang, KH;
Rebello, W;
Rubakumar, Z;
Fung, V;
Venugopal, S;
Begum, H;
(2017)
What factors influence UK medical students' choice of foundation school?
Advances in Medical Education and Practice
, 8
pp. 293-297.
10.2147/AMEP.S134081.
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Abstract
Background: We aimed to identify the factors influencing UK medical student applicants’ choice of foundation school. We also explored the factors that doctors currently approaching the end of their 2-year program believe should be considered. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the 2013–2014 academic year. An online questionnaire was distributed to 2092 final-year medical students from nine UK medical schools and 84 foundation year-2 (FY2) doctors from eight foundation schools. Participants were asked to rank their top 3 from a list of 12 factors that could potentially influence choice of foundation school on a 5-point Likert scale. Collated categorical data from the two groups were compared using a chi-square test with Yates correction. Results: Geographic location was overwhelmingly the most important factor for medical students and FY2 doctors with 97.2% and 98.8% in agreement, respectively. Social relationships played a pivotal role for medical student applicants. Clinical specialties within the rotations were of less importance to medical students, in comparison to location and social relationships. In contrast, FY2 doctors placed a significantly greater importance on the specialties undertaken in their 2-year training program, when compared to medical students (chi-square; p=0.0001). Conclusion: UK medical schools should make their foundation program applicants aware of the importance of choosing rotations based on specialties that will be undertaken. Individual foundation schools could provide a more favorable linked application system and greater choice and flexibility of specialties within their 2-year program, potentially making their institution more attractive to future applicants.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | What factors influence UK medical students' choice of foundation school? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2147/AMEP.S134081 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S134081 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | foundation school, UK postgraduate training, location of training, social relationships |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1558540 |
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