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| Title |
Gender differences in medical students’ motives and career choice
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-12-82 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Phil JM Heiligers |
| Abstract |
The main subject is the influence of gender and the stage of life on the choice of specialty in medical education. In particular we looked at the influence of intrinsic and external motives on this relationship. The choice of specialty was divided into two moments: the choice between medical specialties and general practice; and the preference within medical specialties. In earlier studies the topic of motivation was explored, mostly related to gender. In this study stage of life in terms of living with a partner -or not- and stage of education was added. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 175 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 172 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 7% |
| Researcher | 12 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 43 | 25% |
| Unknown | 45 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 70 | 40% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 8% |
| Psychology | 10 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Unknown | 51 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 54. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 June 2021.
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#1
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