Early Exposure to Infectious Diseases Specialty Among Undergraduate Students with Interests in Healthcare Careers
Abstract Evaluations of early exposure to Infectious Diseases typically focus on medical students and residents. Of 65 pre-health summer health professions program graduates surveyed, 21% showed at least fair interest in ID. Of 32 respondents interested in medicine, 10 considered internal medicine or pediatrics which could lead to an ID career.
Authors
- Jasmine R Marcelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0504-753X)
- Samantha Alarcón Moreno
- Harlan Sayles
- Sonja Tutsch-Bryant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1068-9844)
- Matthew Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5965-491X)
Institutions
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofag255
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00