ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2021
Factors Influencing the Choice of Plastic Surgery as a Specialty in Saudi Arabia.
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- Development and Delivery of a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Case-Based Learning Curriculum for Pre-Clerkship Medical Students.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Influencing surgical career choice among final-year medical students: a multi-center cross-sectional study in Türkiye.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Motives Influencing Arab Students' Preference for Cardiology: A Cross-sectional Multicenter Study.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of Selection Criteria and Influencing Factors in a Plastic Surgery Residency Program in Qatar: Perspectives of Program Directors and Residents.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2026Article
- Medical students' awareness and interest in pursuing future career in plastic surgery: a cross-sectional online pilot study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A Nationwide Study: Medical Students' Perceptions of Plastic Surgery and Its Role in Career Choice in Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Medical Students Understanding of The Scope of Plastic Surgery.Archives of plastic surgery · 2024Article
- Establishment of Saudi Arabia's Plastic Surgery Interest Club: First-year Outcomes and Future Directions.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Graduates of medical school must choose a specific specialty as a life-long practice from a large pool of medical specialties. This decision stands out as one of the most memorable and critical in their lifetimes. To reach such a decision with satisfaction, medical school graduates consider a variety of factors. This is the first study to explore the influential factors on pursuing plastic surgery as a career in Saudi Arabia.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional, unicentral study based on an electronic questionnaire that has been constructed with an assistance of field experts to ensure a sufficient coverage of the influential factors. Only those with an established interest in plastic surgery were included. Institutional review board approval was obtained for this study.
resultsOf the 695 questionnaires fully completed by third-year medical students up to intern doctors, only 32 (4.6%) expressed an interest in the pursuit of plastic surgery as a future career, with a female predominance of 62.5% (
conclusionsCertain factors, as explored by this study, strongly influence the choice of plastic surgery as a future specialty, among Saudi medical graduates. Cultivating more knowledge about plastic surgery as a specialty may help consider scientific research as an impactful factor in the future for further development in the field.
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