Korean J Anesthesiol.  1991 Aug;24(4):707-713. 10.4097/kjae.1991.24.4.707.

Medical Graduates` Attitude Towards Anesthesiology Just after Clerkship

• Kim SD
• Lim YJ
• Kim HK

• KMID: 2090642
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1991.24.4.707

Abstract

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.

Keyword

Anesthesilogy; Clerkship; Undergraduate; Korea

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesiology*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Career Choice
Critical Care
Developed Countries
Humans
Internal Medicine
Intubation
Korea
Seoul
Students, Medical
Ventilation