7 reasons why medical students go into the field today

Various inspirations guided medical students toward the path to becoming physicians, according to Medscape’sMed Student Life & Educational Report: Are Young Doctors Prepared?

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The reported included survey responses from 1,109 male medical students and 1,067 female medical students.

 

Here are seven reasons medical students chose careers as physicians:

 

1. Desire to help those in need

 

  • Women — 84 percent 
  • Men — 79 percent

 

2. Interest in science

 

  • Women — 73 percent 
  • Men — 75 percent

 

3. Feeling a call to medicine

 

  • Women — 67 percent 
  • Men — 60 percent

 

4. Medical career prestige

 

  • Women — 29 percent 
  • Men — 44 percent

 

5. Compensation

 

  • Women — 19 percent 
  • Men — 35 percent

 

6. Mentor influence

 

  • Women — 23 percent 
  • Men — 24 percent

 

7. Other physicians in the family

 

  • Women — 16 percent 
  • Men — 22 percent

 

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