ArticleJournal of medicine and life2024
The magnitude of influence of personal and professional factors on the career choices of medical students.
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- Motives Influencing Arab Students' Preference for Cardiology: A Cross-sectional Multicenter Study.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Representation of medical specialties in dean's cabinets at the top 40 NIH-funded United States medical schools.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Clinicians' Personal Delivery Preference and Decision-Making for Cesarean Delivery: A Survey of Obstetricians and Midwives.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Predictors of Considering a Vascular Surgery Career Among Medical Students at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Motivations, satisfaction, and career aspirations of undergraduate medical students in West Bank, Palestine: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- Patients preference for mode of delivery in a Middle Eastern society: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Medical students face uncertainty in choosing their future careers, which is influenced by personal and professional factors and can have a direct impact on the healthcare system and society. In this study, we aimed to analyze the magnitude of influence of personal and professional factors on students' choices of a future specialty, among medical students in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. This cross-sectional exploratory study used cluster sampling and collected demographic data, influencing factors, preferred specialty, and engagement level, using a 20-item questionnaire. The study included 1,105 students, of which 60.5% were women. Income was the most influential factor for both sexes (68.5%) and was statistically significant for men (
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