Objective To determine the reasons trainees choose rheumatology as a subspecialty and to
review the literature on career choices among physicians, particularly regarding the choice …

Gender differences in performance on the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship have been
reported, with female students outperforming male students. Male students report that their …

Purpose Factors that influence hematology-oncology fellows' choice of academic medicine
as a career are not well defined. We undertook a survey of hematology-oncology fellows …

Background As resident attrition disrupts educational and workload balance and reduces
the number of graduating physicians to care for patients, an ongoing goal of graduate …

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The Sociological Perspective In this
introduction, we discuss the roots of conventional wisdom. We also contrast such knowledge …

Introduction The career intentions of medical students can exert influence on service
provision and medical staffing in the health services. It is vital for a specialty's development …

Background Medical students' choice of residency specialty is based in part on their
clerkship experience. Postclerkship interest in a particular specialty is associated with the …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify risk factors for attrition among obstetrics and gynecology
residents. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed 2001-2006 American Medical Association …

Objective To determine if performance differences exist between male and female students
on a 6-week obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn) clerkship and to evaluate potential …

Recognition of the spectrum of gender identities has been a recent phenomenon in the
medical profession. Over the past 20 years, medical literature related to gender identity …