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A qualitative study on physicians' perceptions of specialty characteristics

PURPOSE: There has been limited research on physicians’ perceptions of the specialty characteristics that are needed to sustain a successful career in medical specialties in Korea. Medical Specialty Preference Inventory in the United States or SCI59 (specialty choice inventory) in the United Kingdom...

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Autores principales: Park, Kwi Hwa, Jun, Soo-Koung, Park, Ie Byung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Medical Education 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27363502
http://dx.doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2016.33
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description PURPOSE: There has been limited research on physicians’ perceptions of the specialty characteristics that are needed to sustain a successful career in medical specialties in Korea. Medical Specialty Preference Inventory in the United States or SCI59 (specialty choice inventory) in the United Kingdom are implemented to help medical students plan their careers. The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of the major specialties in Korea. METHODS: Twelve physicians from different specialties participated in an exploratory study consisting of qualitative interviews about the personal ability and emotional characteristics and job attributes of each specialty. The collected data were analysed with content analysis methods. RESULTS: Twelve codes were extracted for ability & skill attributes, 23 codes for emotion & attitude attributes, and 12 codes for job attributes. Each specialty shows a different profile in terms of its characteristic attributes. CONCLUSION: The findings have implications for the design of career planning programs for medical students.
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spelling pubmed-50162632016-09-09 A qualitative study on physicians' perceptions of specialty characteristics Park, Kwi Hwa Jun, Soo-Koung Park, Ie Byung Korean J Med Educ Original Article PURPOSE: There has been limited research on physicians’ perceptions of the specialty characteristics that are needed to sustain a successful career in medical specialties in Korea. Medical Specialty Preference Inventory in the United States or SCI59 (specialty choice inventory) in the United Kingdom are implemented to help medical students plan their careers. The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of the major specialties in Korea. METHODS: Twelve physicians from different specialties participated in an exploratory study consisting of qualitative interviews about the personal ability and emotional characteristics and job attributes of each specialty. The collected data were analysed with content analysis methods. RESULTS: Twelve codes were extracted for ability & skill attributes, 23 codes for emotion & attitude attributes, and 12 codes for job attributes. Each specialty shows a different profile in terms of its characteristic attributes. CONCLUSION: The findings have implications for the design of career planning programs for medical students. Korean Society of Medical Education 2016-09 2016-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5016263/ /pubmed/27363502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2016.33 Text en © The Korean Society of Medical Education. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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