Factors affect decision making in the field of residency training

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Introduction: In the present, trend of general physician to select residency training in noncontrollable lifestyle specialties is decreased because of social changing. Many institutes have pediatric residents less than their quota. Study of favorite specialty and factors affect decision making should be done to find inspiration for pediatric residency training. Otherwise, there may be the shortage of pediatricians in the future. Objectives of this study were to study the popularity of each specialty in residency training and related factors influencing decision making. Method: Subjects were the second and third year interns of the Ministry of Public Health. Questionaires about their decision to select specialty in residency training and related factors influencing decision making were distributed to them. Means, chi square, and t-test were used for statistical analysis to compare the influencing factors. Result: 450 from 1,800 interns (25%) responded to the questionnaires. Internal med

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