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Article: What factors influence uk medical students’ choice of foundation school?
Title | What factors influence uk medical students’ choice of foundation school? |
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Keywords | Foundation school Location of training Social relationships UK postgraduate training |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Citation | Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2017, v. 8, p. 293-297 How to Cite? |
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. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328795 |
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dc.contributor.author | Miah, Saiful | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pang, Karl H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rebello, Wayne | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rubakumar, Zoe | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fung, Victoria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Venugopal, Suresh | - |
dc.contributor.author | Begum, Hena | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-22T06:24:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-22T06:24:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2017, v. 8, p. 293-297 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/328795 | - |
dc.description.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. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Advances in Medical Education and Practice | - |
dc.subject | Foundation school | - |
dc.subject | Location of training | - |
dc.subject | Social relationships | - |
dc.subject | UK postgraduate training | - |
dc.title | What factors influence uk medical students’ choice of foundation school? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2147/AMEP.S134081 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85097572239 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 293 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 297 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1179-7258 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000399801800001 | - |