| Medical Graduates` Attitude Towards Anesthesiology Just after Clerkship . |
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Seong Deok Kim, Young Jin Lim, Hae Kyoung Kim |
1Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Korea.
2Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Rapid eeonomic divelopment and attendent technological advances have influenced the practice of anesthesia as well as other medical fields. Our fields such as CPR, respiratory care, critical role of an anesthesilogist has been extended beyond the confines of the operating theater in the developed countries. In Korea, the chronic shortage of manpower tends to restrict anesthesiologists to operating theater providing minimal time for preoperative assessment and more active contact with patients. In our survey to 150 senior medical students, opportunity for direct patient contact is the most important determinant in the choice of a career. The medical graduates interests in clerkship in College of Medicine, Seoul National Universty, in order, are respiratory care/mechanical ventilation, endo- tracheal intubation, arterial blood gas/it's interpretation, cardiopulmonary resuseitation and anesthesia per se. Their most favorite specialties in order as a career choice are internal medicine, ENT, et., and anesthesiology is ranked between 7th and 11th specialty. |
| Key Words:
Anesthesilogy; Clerkship; Undergraduate; Korea |
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