Researchers invited 126 first-year medical students to voluntarily shadow trauma residents, fellows and attending surgeons at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Before graduation or receiving a residency match, the participating students were asked to fill out a survey. Sixty-eight responded to the survey.
On a scale of 1 to 10, respondents reported that their interest in general surgery increased from 5.5 to 5.9. Among respondents who were not initially planning on pursuing any surgical specialty, 48 reported that the shadowing program increased their interest in trauma surgery from 4.4 to 5.3.
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