ArticleAfrican journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence2021
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students' career choices in a developing system.
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- An assessment of emergency care capacity at three hospitals in the Harare metropol, Zimbabwe: A descriptive cross-sectional study using the WHO Hospital Emergency Assessment Tool (HEAT).African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2025Article
- Defying the Downtrend: Factors Driving Medical Students to Pursue Emergency Medicine.AEM education and training · 2025Article
- Thirty Years of Emergency Medicine in Romania-A Bridge Between the Behavior of Emergency Department Professionals and the Health System Management Strategy: A Survey Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Caught Between Now and Next: A Qualitative Study into Final-Year Medical Students' Clerkship Choices.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
- Laparoscopic training workshop to assess medical students' skill acquisition and interest in surgical careers.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- "Cold feet": A qualitative study of medical students who seriously considered emergency medicine but chose another specialty.AEM education and training · 2024Article
- Assessing awareness and attitude of Egyptian medical students towards emergency medicine as a specialty and career choice: A single-institutional study.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2023Article
- Utilizing Post-Clerkship Surveys to Optimize Emergency Medicine Program Outcomes in the Match.Advances in medical education and practice · 2023Article
- Self-efficacy beliefs and expectations during an Emergency Medicine Clerkship.International journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAttracting medical students for a front-line specialty, Emergency Medicine, is challenging in many countries. The available literature is scarce and bounded to the mature emergency care and education systems. In the countries where emergency medicine is a new specialty and has different contextual needs, the perception of the students and their career interest in emergency medicine specialty is an unanswered question.
objectiveWe aimed to study the effects of a mandatory Emergency Medicine (EM) clerkship on students' perceptions and their future career choice to be emergency physicians.
methodsA voluntary de-identified survey was prospectively collected before and after the EM clerkship to capture students' perceptions in four domains (EM clerkship, EM physicians, EM patients, and EM specialty as a career choice). The survey included 24 statements having five-point Likert scale for each statement. Non-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for statistical analysis.
resultsSixty-seven students responded to both surveys (response rate of 85%). Students' perceptions have significantly improved on the EM physicians, and their job after attending the clerkship (
conclusionsOur mandatory EM clerkship significantly improved students' perceptions on EM specialty as a future career choice. A well-structured and mandatory EM clerkship can attract more students to be trained in the EM.
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