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The impact of medical student interest in surgery on clerkship performance and career choice

The American journal of surgery, 2020-02, Vol.219 (2), p.359-365 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2019 Elsevier Inc. ;Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ;2019. Elsevier Inc. ;ISSN: 0002-9610 ;EISSN: 1879-1883 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.09.040 ;PMID: 31623880

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Title:
The impact of medical student interest in surgery on clerkship performance and career choice
Author: Kassam, Al-Faraaz ; Cortez, Alexander R. ; Winer, Leah K. ; Kuethe, Joshua W. ; Athota, Krishna P. ; Quillin, R. Cutler
Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological ; Adult ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Burnout ; Career Choice ; Careers ; Clinical Clerkship - organization & administration ; Clinical Competence ; Cognitive style ; Distance learning ; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - organization & administration ; Exhaustion ; Female ; General Surgery - education ; Grit ; Humans ; Learning styles ; Male ; Medical students ; Occupational choice ; Polls & surveys ; Questionnaires ; Students ; Students, Medical - psychology ; Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data ; Studies ; Surgery ; Surgical education ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Task Performance and Analysis ; Young Adult
Is Part Of: The American journal of surgery, 2020-02, Vol.219 (2), p.359-365
Description: Interest in surgery has declined for two decades. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of one’s interest in surgery on career choice. Students who completed the surgical clerkship (2016–2017) were invited to complete surveys assessing rotation experience, learning style, burnout, and grit. Students were grouped according to interest or no interest in surgery after the clerkship. Surveys were completed by 62 students of whom 51.6% reported an interest in surgery. No minority students expressed interest compared with Caucasian (51.1%) and Asian (71.4%) students (p = 0.02). Disinterested students had higher emotional exhaustion (EE, 20 vs 25, p = 0.03). There was no difference in clerkship grade between groups (86.3% vs 85.3%, p = 0.56). Students who matched into surgery had lower EE and higher grit. Interest in surgery was not associated with improved clerkship performance. Disinterested students had higher EE, suggesting interest may play a role in adapting to clerkship challenges. •Interest in surgery was not associated with improved clerkship performance.•Students who match into surgery have personality profiles similar to surgery residents.•Traits associated with unsuccessful surgery match parallel those of non-surgical fields.
Publisher: United States: Elsevier Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0002-9610
EISSN: 1879-1883
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.09.040
PMID: 31623880
Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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The impact of medical student interest in surgery on clerkship performance and career choice

2019 Elsevier Inc. ;Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ;2019. Elsevier Inc. ;ISSN: 0002-9610 ;EISSN: 1879-1883 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.09.040 ;PMID: 31623880

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