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Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty

BACKGROUND: Owing to the rising population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the need for family physicians is growing. The number of family physicians who would be available in the health service in future is dependent on the attitudes of medical students because their choice of specialty is a major...

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Autores principales: Alshammari, Saad K., Altulaihi, Bader A., Alghamdi, Hazim S., Alanazi, Abdullah M., Alhazzaa, Saad M., Alanazi, Rayan K.
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.JFCM_39_19
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author Alshammari, Saad K.
Altulaihi, Bader A.
Alghamdi, Hazim S.
Alanazi, Abdullah M.
Alhazzaa, Saad M.
Alanazi, Rayan K.
author_facet Alshammari, Saad K.
Altulaihi, Bader A.
Alghamdi, Hazim S.
Alanazi, Abdullah M.
Alhazzaa, Saad M.
Alanazi, Rayan K.
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description BACKGROUND: Owing to the rising population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the need for family physicians is growing. The number of family physicians who would be available in the health service in future is dependent on the attitudes of medical students because their choice of specialty is a major factor in satisfying this demand. The aim of the study was to evaluate the attitudes of medical students to family medicine as a future career. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. A total of 308 students were randomly selected from problem-based learning groups. Data were collected using a 25-item validated questionnaire, and Excel and SPSS were used for data entry and analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to describe numerical data and frequencies and percentages to describe categorical data. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: A total of 308 medical students, 201 (65.3%) of whom were male, completed the questionnaire. Majority of the students (229 [74.3%]) agreed that family physicians make important contributions to medicine although family medicine was one of the least preferred specialties of the students. CONCLUSIONS: Most students were aware of the importance of family medicine; however, only a few of them chose this specialty. Further studies should be conducted to identify the factors that influence medical students' decisions in their choice of family medicine as a future career.
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spelling pubmed-67557642019-09-30 Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty Alshammari, Saad K. Altulaihi, Bader A. Alghamdi, Hazim S. Alanazi, Abdullah M. Alhazzaa, Saad M. Alanazi, Rayan K. J Family Community Med Medical Education BACKGROUND: Owing to the rising population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the need for family physicians is growing. The number of family physicians who would be available in the health service in future is dependent on the attitudes of medical students because their choice of specialty is a major factor in satisfying this demand. The aim of the study was to evaluate the attitudes of medical students to family medicine as a future career. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. A total of 308 students were randomly selected from problem-based learning groups. Data were collected using a 25-item validated questionnaire, and Excel and SPSS were used for data entry and analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to describe numerical data and frequencies and percentages to describe categorical data. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: A total of 308 medical students, 201 (65.3%) of whom were male, completed the questionnaire. Majority of the students (229 [74.3%]) agreed that family physicians make important contributions to medicine although family medicine was one of the least preferred specialties of the students. CONCLUSIONS: Most students were aware of the importance of family medicine; however, only a few of them chose this specialty. Further studies should be conducted to identify the factors that influence medical students' decisions in their choice of family medicine as a future career. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6755764/ /pubmed/31572054 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.JFCM_39_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Alshammari, Saad K.
Altulaihi, Bader A.
Alghamdi, Hazim S.
Alanazi, Abdullah M.
Alhazzaa, Saad M.
Alanazi, Rayan K.
Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
title Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
title_full Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
title_fullStr Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
title_full_unstemmed Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
title_short Attitude of medical students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
title_sort attitude of medical students at king saud bin abdulaziz university for health sciences toward family medicine as a future specialty
topic Medical Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.JFCM_39_19
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