The selection of a medical specialty has been associated with multiple factors, such as personal
preferences, academic exposure, motivational factors and sociodemographic factors,
such as gender. The number of women in the medical field has increased in recent years. In
Latin America, we have not found any studies that explore this relationship.Secondary analysis of the Collaborative Working Group for the Research of Human
Resources for Health (Red-LIRHUS) data; a multi-country project of students in their first
year and fifth year of study, from 63 medical schools in 11 Latin American countries. All students
who referred intention to choose a certain medical specialty were considered as
participants.There is an association between the female gender and the intention to choose Obstetrics/
Gynecology, Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery, Dermatology, and Oncology. We recommend
conducting studies that consider other factors that can influence the choice of a medical
specialty.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/620667 |
| Date | 12 August 2016 |
| Creators | Ng-Sueng, Luis Fernando, Vargas Matos, Iván, Mayta-Tristan, Percy, Pereyra Elías, Reneé, Montenegro Idrogo, Juan José, Inga Berrospi, Fiorella, Ancalli, Felix, Bonilla Escobar, Francisco, Diaz Velez, Cristian, Gutierrez Quezada, Erick, Gomez Alhach, Jennifer, Muñoz Medina, Carlos E., Sanchez Pozo, Adriana, Vidal, Milisen |
| Contributors | percy.mayta@upc.edu.pe |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | Spanish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Académico - UPC |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161000 |
Page generated in 0.0017 seconds