ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care
Male medical students' perception of plastic surgery and its relationship with their cultural factors.
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- Medical students' awareness and interest in pursuing future career in plastic surgery: a cross-sectional online pilot study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- Perceptions, awareness and influences of medical students towards plastic surgery: A systematic review.JPRAS open · 2024Review
- Medical Students Understanding of The Scope of Plastic Surgery.Archives of plastic surgery · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing the Choice of Plastic Surgery as a Specialty in Saudi Arabia.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
- Demographic and Cultural Differences in the Acceptance and Pursuit of Cosmetic Surgery: A Systematic Literature Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
- Plastic and aesthetic surgery among medical students: A cross-sectional study.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study is an attempt to establish the knowledge of the medical students on the specialty of plastic surgery, in addition, to know their opinions about its relationship with their cultural factors. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study; participants invited randomly from the college of medicine at King Khaled University to fill a questionnaire consisted of 20 questions regarding the basic knowledge, attitude, perception, and understanding of plastic surgery and its subspecialties.
resultsMedical student participated in our study; their perception towards plastic surgery specialty was positive as they believed that this is a specialty as any other medical specialties; Out of 201 (45.6%), 81 (18.4%) assured plastic surgery is a good specialty. The biggest concerns about joining to cosmetic surgery were a difficulty of accepting in this specialty (34.9%). There is a significant relationship between the plastic surgery and cultural factors (
conclusionDespite the confession of the importance of plastic surgery between Saudi medical students, a large portion of them refuses plastic surgeons due to cultural factors. Increasing knowledge of plastic surgery subspecialties deserves attention.
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