TY - JOUR
T1 - What Does a Good Lifestyle Mean to You? Perspectives of 4th-Year U.S. Medical Students With Military Service Obligations in 2009
AU - Dezee, Kent J.
AU - Corriere, Mark D.
AU - Chronister, Stacy M.
AU - Durning, Steven J.
AU - Hemann, Brian
AU - Kelly, William
AU - Hanson, Janice L.
AU - Hemmer, Paul A.
AU - Maurer, Douglas
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - Background: A specialties' lifestyle is known to be important for specialty selection, but how medical students define this concept is unknown. Purpose: The aim of this article is to determine how 4th-year medical students perceive lifestyle of specialties. Methods: All 4th-year U.S. medical students graduating in 2009 with a military service obligation were invited to participate in an electronic survey. Responses to an open-ended question, "When someone says 'That specialty has a good lifestyle,' what does that mean to you?" were classified into themes by a consensus of the authors and then compared to the students' selected specialty. Results: Response rate for the questionnaire was 46% (369 of 797). Four themes describing lifestyle emerged: "schedule control" (67% of students), "off time" (53%), "financial aspects" (48%), and "work life" (26%). Conclusions: Medical students' definition of a "good lifestyle" includes four themes, which should be used in future research of the lifestyle factor of specialty selection.
AB - Background: A specialties' lifestyle is known to be important for specialty selection, but how medical students define this concept is unknown. Purpose: The aim of this article is to determine how 4th-year medical students perceive lifestyle of specialties. Methods: All 4th-year U.S. medical students graduating in 2009 with a military service obligation were invited to participate in an electronic survey. Responses to an open-ended question, "When someone says 'That specialty has a good lifestyle,' what does that mean to you?" were classified into themes by a consensus of the authors and then compared to the students' selected specialty. Results: Response rate for the questionnaire was 46% (369 of 797). Four themes describing lifestyle emerged: "schedule control" (67% of students), "off time" (53%), "financial aspects" (48%), and "work life" (26%). Conclusions: Medical students' definition of a "good lifestyle" includes four themes, which should be used in future research of the lifestyle factor of specialty selection.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84867228576
U2 - 10.1080/10401334.2012.715264
DO - 10.1080/10401334.2012.715264
M3 - Article
C2 - 23035994
AN - SCOPUS:84867228576
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 24
SP - 292
EP - 297
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 4
ER -