Perception of final year medical students about the choice of medical microbiology as a speciality
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background : In Nigeria and many other countries, many specialties had problems with recruitment of medical teachers outside the core clinical departments. Objective : We aim at determining the factors that influence the choice of medical microbiology as a speciality among final year medical students in University of Maiduguri, College of Health Sciences. Methodology : The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data was obtained using a structured questionnaire that was administered among to the 2013/2014 session final year medical students of University of Maiduguri. Results were analysed using the SPSS, version 16.0. Results : All the 134 final year medical students responded to the questionnaire, out of whom 91(68%) were males. A total of 115 (86%) of the students would want to specialise after school and only 6 (4%) would choose a career in medical microbiology. Conclusion : Majority of the students believed it was necessary to specialize. However, only 4% of the students choose medical microbiology as a career. The North-East geo-political zone of Nigeria may suffer shortage of trained medical microbiologists if career orientation and mentor-mentee relationships are not strengthened. Keywords : Career choice, male, reasons for specialization, University of Maiduguri
Source: Orient Journal of Medicine
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W625123767