| dc.creator | Avgerinos, E. D. | en |
| dc.creator | Msaouel, P. | en |
| dc.creator | Koussidis, G. A. | en |
| dc.creator | Keramaris, N. C. | en |
| dc.creator | Bessas, Z. | en |
| dc.creator | Gourgoulianis, K. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:23:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:23:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.12.007 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0168-8510 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/26058 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study was to investigate the career choices, location preferences and criteria among medical students in Greece. We applied a questionnaire-based analysis using a sample of 591 students of four out of seven Greek Medical Schools. The sample included students of all academic years. The vast majority of students wish to specialize (97.6%), while general practice gathered a very low percentage (1.7%). The scientific challenge (61.4%) and interaction with patients (60.6%) seem to be the major influencing factors for most of the students' specialty preferences, whilst less common variables influencing career choice are the high demand/supply ratio for certain health services (40.4%), the income potential (31.4%), the active tempo (26.2%) and prestige (15%). 70.3% of those asked consider the possibility of specializing abroad. The low concern of Greek medical students for general practice reveals today's drastic deficiency in Greek primary health care. Such a situation will escalate, unless targeted strategies to produce more general practitioners are adopted. Furthermore, the results reflect a lower education and organizing level urging students to specialize abroad. The National Health System (NHS) should be reformed towards a rationalistic distribution of the medical specialties and medical workforce. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. | en |
| dc.source | Health Policy | en |
| dc.source.uri | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000241315200010 | |
| dc.subject | career choice | en |
| dc.subject | specialties | en |
| dc.subject | education | en |
| dc.subject | medical undergraduate | en |
| dc.subject | primary | en |
| dc.subject | health care | en |
| dc.subject | Greece | en |
| dc.subject | NATIONAL-HEALTH SYSTEM | en |
| dc.subject | PREFERENCES | en |
| dc.subject | REFORM | en |
| dc.subject | EXPERIENCE | en |
| dc.subject | SCHOOL | en |
| dc.subject | Health Care Sciences & Services | en |
| dc.subject | Health Policy & Services | en |
| dc.title | Greek medical students' career choices indicate strong tendency towards specialization and training abroad | en |
| dc.type | journalArticle | en |