The burden of choice: decision regret in subspecialty selection among young and middle-aged doctors
Nearly one in five young and middle-aged Chinese physicians experience high regret in subspecialty choice, influenced by gender, age, burnout, satisfaction, and resilience. Targeted interventions addressing these factors may mitigate regret and enhance physician well-being and retention.
Authors
- Lei Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6301-5471)
- Maosha Fu
- Feng Wu
- Weiyu Zhang
- Peixuan Guan
Institutions
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Peking University People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08858-9
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00