The Medscape Medical Student Lifestyle Report was conducted on a sample of 2,182 medical students from the United States.
The study revealed that 4% of future doctors frequently doubt their future as doctors. Photo: ShutterStock.
The study showed that 4% of students constantly have doubts regarding their choice to be a doctor, 15% frequently express concerns and 44% think regarding it sometimes.
On the other hand, 27% of the students Respondents report that they rarely have doubts and 10% say that they have never been uncertain regarding their decision. By gender, women with 67% are more likely than men, with 59%, to express doubts or concerns.
By courses, they are students of third year those who express more doubts, even higher than the students sophomores, and also fourth-years, with 23 percent indicating that they frequently or constantly have doubts regarding choosing to study Medicine.
What makes you doubt?
The report reflects evidence from the career of Medicine, a path that is not always easy. The students They express that the road may be fraught with obstacles and the Covid-19 pandemic may have further complicated the situation. The students, surveyed between April 7 and May 22, 2022, also address topics such as medical debt, burnout, unwanted advances, and bias.
“Every day I learn words I’ve never heard before and whole new categories of diseases and medications that never crossed my mind, which makes me wonder if I’ll ever learn everything I need to be a good doctor,” says Tyler. LeComer, a junior and class president at Harvard Medical School.
“I may often feel silly during my training, but I think this feeling is part of what drives me to keep trying,” he adds.
Has covid influenced your choice?
During the pandemic, 53% of students noted in 2020 that Covid-19 had strongly reinforced the determination to become a doctor. However, in this latest report this same percentage has dropped to 40%.
Women, at 42%, are more likely to say that the pandemic has strengthened or strongly strengthened their resolve than men at 36%. On the other hand, students freshmen, 51%, are more likely to say the pandemic has bolstered or strongly bolstered their resolve than their peers in juniors, 37%, and seniors, 36%.
Finally, around a third of those surveyed said that covid had influenced their choice of specialty.
How many and which schools medicine There are Puerto Rico?
-Medical Sciences Campus: This is one of the most recognized, since it is many years old. It is in the capital San Juan
–San Juan Bautista School of Medicine: It is identified by having a mission and vision centered on medicine to the community and develop health professionals who have an interest in helping vulnerable populations. This school of medicine It is in the town of Caguas, right next to the Mennonite Hospital.
-Ponce Health Sciences University: This school of Medicine has a mission and vision more focused on research to reduce health disparities. It is in the town of Ponce, near the Hospital de Damas.
-Central Caribbean University: TIts goal is to expand diversity among health professionals. This school of Medicine It is next to the Bayamón Regional Hospital.
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