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CAREER TRENDS IN FEMALE MEDICAL STUDENTS

Badria Munir, Hasham Waheed, Bakhtawar Mushtaq, Umar Farooque, Sundas Karimi

Background:Choosing a specialty is a complex process and may be influenced by several factors. There were some changes in the career choices of medical students. Interest in some specialties like surgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics & gynecology declined. Objective: The objective of research is to evaluate career choices among female medical students. Material and Methods: Study Design: Cross sectional Study Study Setting and duration: Study was done on students of Allama Iqbal Medical College,Lahore in the duration of three months. Inclusion criteria: Female Students of M.B.B.S. Data Collection and analysis: A questionnaire was given; which was filled under supervision to female students of First year and 4th year. Analysis was done on SPSS version 17. Results: About 87% of our respondents state that medicine is a well suited profession for girls, and out of these respondents 90% are willing to continue their profession after graduation. While 63% had the opinion that Gender will have potent influence over their choice of specialty in future. More than 50% of respondents claimed that their choice of specialty had changed owing to the amount of time they spent in this field and observed closely. Conclusions: Most of female medical undergraduate are satisfied with their career choice as being doctor. Families had strong influence of their choice of specialty. Key words: Career choice, Gender, Medical under graduates. Keywords: Medical students, female, career trends, Pakistan.

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