Personal and Contextual Influences on African Medical Students’ Career Choices in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Methods Study
This study provides an overview of the motivations behind specialty choice among African medical students, highlighting the need for tailored interventions to address regional health care needs. Understanding these preferences can help in designing strategies to enhance the distribution and retention of medical professionals in various specialties, ultimately improving health care outcomes.
Authors
- Alec Bernard
- Kathryn Flaharty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-4005)
- Amani Nureddin Abdu
- Geoff Tabin
- Karl C. Golnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8822-5989)
- Shannan Berzack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0447-5939)
- Dawit Tesfagiorgis Mengesha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2075-7524)
- Yesuf Adem
- Habib Abdullahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9950-7921)
- Nina Tiertoore
- Abdi Tolera
- Hellen Wubishet
Institutions
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Florida International University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Tamale Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Family Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2025.256581
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.55