THE AWARENESS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF PULMONOLOGY, THE FACTORS AFFECTING SPECIALITY PREFERENCES, AND THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON SPECIALITY PREFERENCE
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2022, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the, knowledge level of medical faculty students about the branch of chest diseases, the factors affecting their speciality preferences, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on their speciality preferences. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out with the participation of 327 students studying at Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Faculty of Medicine. The students completed a 21-item online questionnaire to provide demographic data, level of knowledge about pulmonology, speciality preferences, and to determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the speciality preference. RESULTS: A total of 327 students, 187 (57.2%) female and 140 (42.8%) male, were included in the study. Among the participants, the number of those who knew the diseases in the field of interest of pulmonology was 273 (88.9%). On the subject of interventional procedures for chest diseases, 113 (54.0%) of the participants had correct information. The specialities most requested by the students after graduating from the medical faculty, were internal diseases by 26 (7.9%), ophthalmology by 24 (7.33%) and gynaecology and obstetrics by 24 (7.33%), respectively. The most important factor affecting the speciality preference was reported to be a lower risk of malpractice compared to other speciality by 81 (24.7%). A total of 101 (31.4%) students reported that the pandemic period would affect their speciality preference. CONCLUSIONS: Medical faculty students had sufficient knowledge about the specialist branch of chest diseases. The most important factor affecting the speciality preference of the medical faculty students was the interest in the field of specialization, risk of malpractice. financial satisfaction, less communication with patients and their relatives, academic career opportunity, professional satisfaction. The COVID-19 pandemic may have a negative effect on the speciality preferences of the medical faculty students.
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İbrahim Güven ÇOŞĞUN, Aydın BALCI, Şule ÇİLEKAR
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