scholarly journals Role Models as a Factor Influencing Career Choice Among Female Surgical Residents inSaudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rawan Harun ◽  
Reem Almustafa ◽  
Zainab AlKhalifah ◽  
Abdullah Namazi ◽  
Abdalmohsen Albaqami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Surgical Residents ◽  
Surgical Career ◽  
Female Surgeons

Abstract Background and purposeRole models in the medical field are professional and experienced persons whose actions unconsciously inspire juniors to strive to be like them. To our knowledge, no studies have examined whether having a female surgical role model has influenced women to pursue a surgical career in Saudi Arabia. Hence, we sought to evaluate the effect of having a female surgical role model and the presence of female surgeons on female surgical residents and their choice of surgery as a career.MethodsWe employed a cross-sectional, survey- based study design, conducted between June 2020 and January 2021, in which female surgical residents completed a questionnaire on their perceptions and influence of role models in general surgery specialty at the time they pursuit a career in surgery.ResultsA total of 51 respondents (78.5%) completed the questionnaire. The majority of them (78.4%) had a role model and (19.6%) indicated that their role model was a female. Of those who had a role model, (67.5%) agreed that they had a positive influence on their surgical career choice. Clinical and operation skills were reported as the most important factor to be considered about role models. Working directly with a male surgical consultant and female surgical residents left a positive influence but this did not reach a statistical significance.ConclusionPersonal exposure to role models can have a positive influence on female surgical residents in choosing a surgical career. provide a appropriate role models as well as formal mentorship programs are warranted, that would allow female trainees to interact with senior surgeon mentors, thereby drawing attention to the field of surgery.

scholarly journals Factors affecting attitude of medical students to pursue surgical career

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Roshan Ghimire ◽  
Sujan Regmi ◽  
Sandeep Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Surgical Career ◽  
Surgical Field

Background: Medical students are always in a dilemma for their career choice after under-graduation as there are multiple options and none of the choices come without any drawbacks. Multiple factors determine their preferences.Objective: This study aimed to identify the factors that determine career choice and to discuss how it affects the students in taking surgery as their career.Methods: A questionnaire was developed which included factors that encourage and also influence students to consider surgery as their career. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 292 participants and they were divided into two groups, preclinical and clinical students. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.Results: Out of the 292 students, 144 (49.32%) were males and 148 (50.68%) were females. Of the total, 233 (79.8%) students thought of choosing surgery as their career while 41 (14.04%) of the students disagreed for choosing surgery. Among the 233 students, 76 (32.6%) were from preclinical and 157 (67.38%) were clinical students. Better earning and role model influenced them to take surgery as their career whereas lack of private life and great dedication were the deterrent factors.Conclusion: There are various factors that affect students’ preference in opting for surgical career. Even though this study reveals many factors contributing towards one’s interest in surgical field, it was not statistically significant, and hence, the conclusive results could not be drawn.Journal of Kathmandu Medical CollegeVol. 5, No. 3, Issue 17, Jul.-Sep., 2016, page: 85-88

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Healthcare Workers’ (HCWs) Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccinations and Indications of a Role Model towards Population Vaccinations from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Greece, May 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10558
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Fotiadis ◽  
Katerina Dadouli ◽  
Ioanna Avakian ◽  
Zacharoula Bogogiannidou ◽  
Varvara A. Mouchtouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Vaccine Safety ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Attitudes And Practices

A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study was conducted at the end of May 2021 engaging 1456 healthcare workers (HCWs) from 20 hospitals throughout Greece. Acceptance of vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was estimated at 77.7%, with lower vaccine acceptance identified in nurses compared to physicians. Fears related to vaccine safety, lack of information and general knowledge about vaccinations, influenza vaccine acceptance, education level and years of practice were among the factors independently associated with vaccine acceptance. A strong association was identified between vaccination of HCWs in each health region and the population coverage, indicating that HCWs may be role models for the general population. Information campaigns should continue despite decisions taken regarding mandatory vaccinations.

Biographic Characteristics and Factors Perceived as Affecting Female and Male Careers in Academic Surgery: The Tenured Gender Battle to Make It to the Top

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Schwarz ◽  
Sonia Sippel ◽  
Andrew Entwistle ◽  
Anna Kathrin Hell ◽  
Sarah Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Career Guidance ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Attrition Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Academic Surgery ◽  
Female Surgeons ◽  
High Degree

Purpose: Given the high attrition rate in the field of academic surgery, we aimed to characterise the professional and personal situations of female and male academic surgeons as well as to gather data on their respective perceptions of career advancement and work satisfaction. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in Germany, inviting all identifiable academically highly qualified female surgeons and their male counterparts in a 1:2 ratio to participate. An anonymous 103-item online questionnaire was designed and the data collected between July and September 2014. Results: The questionnaire was sent to 93 female and 200 male surgeons, of whom 63 women (67.7%) and 70 men (35.0%) replied. The average age was 47.5 and 47.1 years, respectively. Respondents identified ‘high degree of expertise', ‘ambition', and ‘clarity of one's professional aims' as important factors affecting professional career development. Both groups felt ‘workload', ‘working hours/shifts', and ‘gender' to be a hindrance, the latter of significantly greater importance to female surgeons. The mean work satisfaction scores were high in both female (69.5%) and male (75.7%) surgeons. The predictors ‘support from superiors' (standardised β coefficient = 0.41) and ‘manual aptitude' (β = 0.41) contributed incrementally to the variance in ‘high degree of work satisfaction' (90-100%) observed for female surgeons. However, childcare provided by ‘kindergarten/crèche/after-school care' had the greatest negative predictive value (β = -1.33). Conclusions: Although there are many parallels, female faculty members experience the culture of academic surgery to some extent differently from their male counterparts, especially when impacted by parenthood and childcare. Faculty development programmes need to develop strategies to improve perceived equality in career opportunities by respecting individuals' requirements as well as offering gender-appropriate career guidance.

scholarly journals Knowledge and awareness of precision medicine among dental students

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 642-647
Author(s):  
Bipin M ◽  
Jeevitha M ◽  
Kavitha S
Keyword(s):  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Population

Precision medicine is an emerging approach for the treatment of diseases and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle of a person. Although the term precision medicine is relatively new, the concept has been a part of healthcare for many years. This study focuses especially to evaluate the knowledge on characteristics of precision medicine among dental students. The aim of this study is to analyse the knowledge and awareness of Precision medicine among dental students. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among dental students through a self-administrated questionnaire. The responses had been collected and statistically analysed. 61% of the study population were aware of Precision medicine and surprisingly, 82% of the respondents came across this term precision medicine. This study concludes that the dental students were aware of the term precision medicine, but they were not well aware of the role of precision medicine in the medical field.

Life satisfaction and adolescent music making: A comparison of youth choirs and bands in Spain

2021 ◽  
pp. 102986492110214
Author(s):  
Salvador Oriola-Requena ◽  
Diego Calderón-Garrido ◽  
Josep Gustems
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Youth Music

Adolescents who are members of youth music groups learn music and develop other skills such as group work and conflict resolution. These skills and feelings may represent socioemotional factors underlying increased life satisfaction, leadership capacity, and academic motivation, together with the acquisition of emotional skills. The aim of the research was to determine the degree of life satisfaction reported by a sample of 660 Spanish adolescents who were members of a youth band or choir. It also aimed to examine correlations between life satisfaction, leadership capacity, academic motivation, and emotional development. Potential differences between these variables attributable to participants’ age, gender, type of youth music group, and musical instrument played were explored using a cross-sectional survey comprising four standardized questionnaires. The results show that the participants were highly satisfied with their lives. There were strong positive correlations between the variables studied but also some significant differences between the two groups (choirs and bands), and between players of different instrument families. These results are in line with those other studies, confirming the positive influence of group music making on adolescents’ social and emotional growth.

scholarly journals Expectations Regarding Dental Practice: A Cross-Sectional Survey of European Dental Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7296
Author(s):  
Thomas Gerhard Wolf ◽  
Ralf Friedrich Wagner ◽  
Oliver Zeyer ◽  
Duygu Ilhan ◽  
Tin Crnić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Equity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Future Career ◽  
Significant Difference

Obtaining information on expectations among dental students regarding their career planning was the main purpose of this observational online survey. The questionnaire was designed with 18 items in five different languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Data were collected on nationality, age, sex, country of residence, university attended, semester, expected year of graduation and expectations about future career. More than 3000 participants (n = 3851, 2863 females 74.34% and 988 males 25.66% with a sex ratio of 0.35) participated in the survey. Almost one-third (31.29%) of the participants plan to start their own practice at least three years after vocational training, a quarter (25.76%) after three, and only 12.59% after one year. A positive influence of the family in the decision to start a practice was observed in 50.07% of the sample with a statistically significant difference regarding sex (p < 0.01). Almost one-third of the participants did not wish to work in an institution run by private equity or insurance companies, while 21.79% would work in that environment (p < 0.01). European dental students desire mainly to become self-employed and start their own practice. New professional practices also offer them options for their future career that they have not yet decided on or thought about.

scholarly journals Good Clinical Teachers Likely to be Specialist Role Models: Results from a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Survey

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. e15202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiki M. J. M. H. Lombarts ◽  
Maas Jan Heineman ◽  
Onyebuchi A. Arah
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Teachers

scholarly journals Leader Empowering Behaviors and Psychological Empowerment as Perceived by Young Hospital Staff Nurses: A Pilot Study

Jurnal NERS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Ryan Michael Flores Oducado
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Empowerment has become an important concept in nursing that has gained acknowledgment in theories and practice of leadership and management. A positive organization espouses empowerment to attract and retain employees. While it is not new to nursing, there is little published research on empowerment among nurses in the Philippines. This study aimed to measure young staff nurses’ perception of leader empowering behaviors and psychological empowerment.Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design participated by 44 conveniently chosen staff nurses in a private teaching and training hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines. The participants were asked to answer 5-point Likert scale questions utilizing adopted instruments. Descriptive and non-parametric statistical stools were used with Mann-Whitney U test to determine differences and Spearman’s rank correlation to establish relationship between variables.Results: Overall, young staff nurses perceived their leaders’ behaviors to be highly empowering (M=3.89). Staff nurses also had a high level of psychological empowerment (M=4.07). Leader empowering behaviors was significantly related to staff nurses’ perception of psychological empowerment (p=.001). Staff nurses’ level of psychological empowerment were significantly different in terms of employment status (p=.020) and years of work experience (p=.014).Conclusion: This study highlights the positive influence of the empowering behaviors of leaders in enhancing staff nurses’ level of psychological empowerment. It is vital for nurse managers to continually demonstrate leadership behaviors that empower staff nurses at the unit level.

scholarly journals Determining Factors Affecting The Medical Interns’ Choice Of Specialties Among Governmental Universities In Riyadh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Tariq Al Swaidan ◽  
Lama Abdullah Al Luhidan ◽  
Khaled Abdullah Albarrak ◽  
Rehab Abdullah Al Mubrick ◽  
Hessah Ibrahim Al Suwaidan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Medical Study ◽  
Medical Education System ◽  
Medical Interns ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract The nature of experience during the medical study at university may play an essential role in choosing the specialty. Objectives: to determine the effect of goveremtnal universities in general and on medical interns' career choice , taking into consideration the gender difference. Furthermore, to find out when governmental universities educate their students about the different specialties. Method: It was a cross-sectional study approved in July in 2018 that included 234 Saudi medical intern students from four different medical collages in governmental universities in Riyadh. These were King Saud University (KSU), Princess Norah University (PNU), Imam University (IU), and King Saud bin Abdulaziz for Health and Science (KSAU-HS) with consideration of gender differences and availability. All participants who are selected randomly completed an online-questioner. Result: Around two thirds (66%) of the participants ensure that their governmental universities had a positive influence in choosing the specialties dividing equally between both genders. According to the participants’ perceptions, all the items of the medical education system did not affect in choosing the specialty except three of them that have a positive effect which are elective experience (43.59%), clinical year (40.6%) and the personality of instructor (38.46%). Furthermore, one-third (33%) of the participants ensure that they are educated about the specialties in the third year. The most common positive factor is elective experience by 19.36%, while the most common negative factors are improper block duration and the personality of the instructor by 14.52%. Conclusion : Most governmental universities have a positive effect on their students' career choice, and they educate pre-graduate students about specialties.

scholarly journals Attitudes Toward a Code of Ethics: a Comparison between Academic and Non-Academic Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Martinus Parnawa Putranta
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unethical Conduct ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Business Practitioners

<p><em>The frequent media reports on the unethical conduct of business and non-business practitioners has made the roles of universities in equipping organisation leaders with ethics are in question. They are required to foster a better learning environment that enables prospective leaders to enhance their moral sensitivity and appreciate the importance of ethics in their personal and professional life. Academic and non-academic staff of the institutions are in the front line of providing ethical role model to the students. Considering these influential roles an examination of the ethical attitudes of the staff is a good start. A code of ethics has been considered as a symbol of an organisation to preserve and promote ethical concerns. Therefore, ascertainment his research was part of a wider study on ethics in denominational higher education institutions in several cities in Java, Indonesia</em><em>. In particular, it addressed the attitudes of employees of the institutions’ staff toward their institutional codes of ethics. </em><em>Initially, this research was going to include </em><em>employees from those institutions. However, at the time the research was carried out, only one of the institutions has adopted and published a code of ethics. Due to this fact, the scope of the research was then confined into a single institution. The purposes of the article were two-fold. The first was to asses the attitudes of the staff in the institution toward their codes of ethics.  The second was to ascertain whether differences existed between academic and non-academic staff regarding these attitudes.  </em></p><em>A cross-sectional survey was employed as the primary method to collect the data. The fieldwork comprised the distribution of a self-administered questionnaire to potential respondents through direct contact.  A purposive sampling was used to identify and invite respondent participation. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed of which 103 were usable, representing the overall response rate of 50 %. The findings of the research are discussed. A wide range of managerial and scholarly implications are outlined.</em>

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