Lower back pain amongst medical trainees in clinical rotations: implications for choosing future career regarding medical practice
The high prevalence of low back pain among medical students impacts their choices of future medical career with an aversion towards specialization in surgical disciplines. This has far-reaching implications on the disparities in specialist physician health workforce in Low-middle-income countries.
Authors
- Delius Asiimwe
- Jussi P. Posti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-5193)
- Frank Kiwanuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8178-3120)
- Herman Lule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0647-9716)
- Samuel Hakiranuye
Institutions
- University of Turku (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Kampala International University (UG)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Kabale University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1412010
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.90