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What makes internal medicine attractive for the millennial generation? A survey of residents in internal medicine in Switzerland

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العنوان: What makes internal medicine attractive for the millennial generation? A survey of residents in internal medicine in Switzerland
المؤلفون: Marco Cribari, Barbara M. Holzer, Edouard Battegay, Christoph E. Minder, Lukas Zimmerli
المصدر: Swiss Medical Weekly, Vol 148, Iss 4950 (2019)
بيانات النشر: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW), 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: millennials, generation Y, general internal medicine, medical subspecialty, residents, career, Medicine
الوصف: AIMS A new generation of physicians, millennials (also known as Generation Y), are entering residency programmes in internal medicine, and these young men and women learn and work in ways that are different from those of past generations. The aim of the present study was to investigate aspects contributing to the attractiveness to young residents of a career in general internal medicine (GIM) compared with medical subspecialties (SUB). METHODS In a cross-sectional online survey, we included residents working in residency facilities in GIM in German-speaking Switzerland. A total of 1818 junior residents were eligible. We looked for personal preferences, characteristics, and criteria influencing the choice of a career in GIM or SUB. RESULTS 392 out of 1818 (22%) residents participated in the survey (66% females); they had been in clinical training for 35.5 months on average. 87% of the respondents aspired to a title in GIM, and 29% of these to a SUB title as well. 71% of the women chose GIM and not a SUB vs 58% of the men (p
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1424-3997
Relation: https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2550; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2018.14696
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/0c6d655b2f384f06af797dcf6d0d1570
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.0c6d655b2f384f06af797dcf6d0d1570
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تدمد:14243997
DOI:10.4414/smw.2018.14696