Role Models' Influence on Specialty Choice for Residency Training: A National Longitudinal Study

• DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-17-00063.1
• Publication Date: 2018-03-09T15:20:50Z
• Authors: John D. Yoon; Sandra A. Ham; Shalini T. Reddy; Farr A. Curlin
• Keywords: Specialty; Graduation (instrument); Odds

Role models in medical school may influence students' residency specialty choice.We examined whether students who reported clinical exposure to a role model during would have an increased likelihood of selecting the model's for their residencies.We conducted 5-year prospective, national longitudinal study (2011-2016) from 24 US allopathic schools, starting middle third year. The primary outcome measure was type choice 4 years after graduation. Main predictors were student's most admired physician and relative importance 7 potentially influential factors fourth year school.From 919 eligible participants, 564 (61%) responded first survey; 474 respondents (84%) completed follow-up survey. We excluded 29 participants not by time Of respondents, 427 (96%) had data In our multivariate models, generalist prior (odds ratio [OR] = 2.21, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.03-4.73) (OR 2.62, CI 1.69-4.05) strongest odds with respect training also predicted among those surgical radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, dermatology (ROAD) specialties.Personal is important predictor that specialty.