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Career Interests and Mentorship Experiences of International and Minority Medical Students in US Medical Schools
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| 자료유형 | 학위논문 |
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| 서명/저자사항 | Career Interests and Mentorship Experiences of International and Minority Medical Students in US Medical Schools. |
| 개인저자 | Kuzomunhu, Lovemore Simbarashe. |
| 단체저자명 | Yale University. Yale School of Medicine. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.]: Yale University., 2019. |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019. |
| 형태사항 | 52 p. |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertations Abstracts International 81-03A. Dissertation Abstract International |
| ISBN | 9781085623520 |
| 학위논문주기 | Thesis (M.D.)--Yale University, 2019. |
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Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-03, Section: A.
Advisor: Latimore, Darin |
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| 요약 | Background: International medical students (IMS) represent a group of students with unique issues that have largely been ignored in the medical literature. This invisibility is because international students make up a very small percentage of the total number of students matriculating into medical school in the US and because most international students are grouped together with domestic underrepresented minority (URM) students and hence are treated as if they were domestic minority students.Aim: We aim to determine what are the career interests of international and domestic underrepresented minority medical students and what factors influence their choices. We also aim to explore these students' perceptions about their mentoring experiences during medical school. We hypothesize that since international students have different life experiences and unique issues that are separate from URM students there would be differences in career interests, factors influencing their career aspirations and perceived mentorship experiences between these two student groups. Furthermore, for international students, we aim to establish their plans about practicing in their home countries and views about visa requirements for residency training. We hope to help bridge the knowledge gap that currently exists about what exclusively affects international and not domestic URM medical students.Methods: A survey was sent out to US medical schools that matriculate internationals applicants. We also conducted a convenience sampling at the Latino Medical Students Association (LMSA) National Conference to increase the number of LatinX participants. Participants ranked 19 items coded on a Likert scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (extremely important important) about factors influencing their career aspirations. These factors were personal reasons, intellectual challenge, previous clinical experience, lifestyle and work hours during residency and after training, financial rewards after training, job opportunities in that specialty in the US and in their country of origin, mentors in that specialty, mentors that have similar background as the student in that specialty, prestige and specialty reputation, length of residency, ability to obtain a residency position in that specialty, ease of obtaining an employment visa in that specialty, health needs of the community you grow up in, having people you can relate to in that specialty, academic opportunities and patient relationships or interactions. Participants also ranked on 5 point Likert scale from 1 (not at all helpful) to 5 (extremely helpful) how helpful their formal and informal mentors were with the following six topics: academic advice, career planning, professional development, personal issues, research and general guidance. Perceived quality of the students' most influential mentor was measured using a modified Mentorship Effectiveness Scale. Students were also asked to provide demographic data that included gender, age, year in medical school, region of origin for internationals, race or ethnicity for domestic URMs and choice of specialty. International participants were also asked about their plans to practice in their home countries and views about visa issues during residency applications.Results: 96 respondents were included in the analysis, 15 (15.7%) were international students and 81 (84.3%) were URMs. The most common specialty choices for internationals were surgery 6 (40.0%) and 3 (20.0%) internal medicine, and for domestic minorities were internal medicine 16 (20.5%) and pediatrics 16 (20.5%).Among IMS, the top factors influencing career choice were having people you can relate to in that specialty, patient interactions, academic career opportunities, future job opportunities in the US, ability to obtain a residency position and ease of obtaining an employment visa. Among URM students, the top influencing factors were personal reasons, clinical exposure, lifestyle and works hours after training |
| 일반주제명 | Medicine. Educational administration. Higher education. Educational evaluation. Educational psychology. Educational leadership. Educational sociology. Multicultural education. Ethnic studies. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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