Specialty preferences and influencing factors: a repeated cross-sectional survey of first- to sixth-year medical students in Jena, Germany

Abstract Background Given the expected increase in those entering retirement, the number of practising physicians is predicted to decrease. Conversely, the number of physicians needed is set to increase, due to higher demands resulting from the increasing average age of the German population. This m...

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Main Authors: Diana Grasreiner, Uta Dahmen, Utz Settmacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1200-8