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Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia
Background: Choosing a future career is a frightening and anxious decision for medical students; understanding any factor that influences making such a decision will be helpful for the medical students to reach it with satisfaction. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the factors that would...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801037/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35141092 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20844 |
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author | Al-Barry, Ma’an A Algethami, Turki Fehaid Alsaedi, Ahmed Marshoud Alahmadi, Rayan Nasser Bardisi, Alwaleed Khalid Khoshhal, Mohammed Saad Alharbi, Abdulaziz Saud |
author_facet | Al-Barry, Ma’an A Algethami, Turki Fehaid Alsaedi, Ahmed Marshoud Alahmadi, Rayan Nasser Bardisi, Alwaleed Khalid Khoshhal, Mohammed Saad Alharbi, Abdulaziz Saud |
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description | Background: Choosing a future career is a frightening and anxious decision for medical students; understanding any factor that influences making such a decision will be helpful for the medical students to reach it with satisfaction. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the factors that would influence the choice of ophthalmology as a future career among medical students in multi-medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted for pre-clinical and clinical medical students from February 2021 to May 2021 in multi-medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire used was from previously published research, and it was modified and validated by a board-certified ophthalmologist. Results: A total of 6.1% of all medical students considered ophthalmology as their first choice as a future career; factors that influenced choosing ophthalmology were personal interest, satisfaction from improving patient quality of vision, good patient prognosis, and the appeal of being an ophthalmologist; these factors showed a highly significant difference in comparison to other factors. Conclusion: Several factors are explored for choosing ophthalmology as a future specialty; understanding these factors can help medical students determine their choices for a future career. |
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spelling | pubmed-88010372022-02-08 Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia Al-Barry, Ma’an A Algethami, Turki Fehaid Alsaedi, Ahmed Marshoud Alahmadi, Rayan Nasser Bardisi, Alwaleed Khalid Khoshhal, Mohammed Saad Alharbi, Abdulaziz Saud Cureus Medical Education Background: Choosing a future career is a frightening and anxious decision for medical students; understanding any factor that influences making such a decision will be helpful for the medical students to reach it with satisfaction. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the factors that would influence the choice of ophthalmology as a future career among medical students in multi-medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted for pre-clinical and clinical medical students from February 2021 to May 2021 in multi-medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire used was from previously published research, and it was modified and validated by a board-certified ophthalmologist. Results: A total of 6.1% of all medical students considered ophthalmology as their first choice as a future career; factors that influenced choosing ophthalmology were personal interest, satisfaction from improving patient quality of vision, good patient prognosis, and the appeal of being an ophthalmologist; these factors showed a highly significant difference in comparison to other factors. Conclusion: Several factors are explored for choosing ophthalmology as a future specialty; understanding these factors can help medical students determine their choices for a future career. Cureus 2021-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8801037/ /pubmed/35141092 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20844 Text en Copyright © 2021, Al-Barry et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Medical Education Al-Barry, Ma’an A Algethami, Turki Fehaid Alsaedi, Ahmed Marshoud Alahmadi, Rayan Nasser Bardisi, Alwaleed Khalid Khoshhal, Mohammed Saad Alharbi, Abdulaziz Saud Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia |
title | Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Why Ophthalmology: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Motivating Factors Influencing the Choice of Ophthalmology as a Career Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | why ophthalmology: a cross-sectional study of the motivating factors influencing the choice of ophthalmology as a career among medical students in saudi arabia |
topic | Medical Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801037/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35141092 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20844 |
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