Review article

How to motivate young doctors to become surgeons

Goran Kondža
Ranko Ugljen

Abstract

World trend is that the specialization in general surgery reports smaller number of quality young doctors. The problem of surgeon recruitment is a threat to the future of surgery and there is a necessity to recognize problem on time and respond appropriately, find ways to keep the influx of young surgeons. It is therefore important to know what motivated the present surgeons to select their specialization, what potential candidates for surgery expect from their decisions and what motivates young people when deciding what to specialize. Consequently, it is necessary to make changes to the process of education in surgery in order to meet the expectations of young surgical residents.

Keywords

Education; Students; Training support; Motivation; General surgery

Hrčak ID:

191876

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/191876

Publication date:

1.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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