Table 4.
Career and professional information of medical students in selected universities, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021
| Variables | Category | Number | Per cent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The original motivation to learn medicine | Desire to help others | 173 | 49.15 |
| Work internationally | 26 | 7.39 | |
| Research opportunities | 9 | 2.56 | |
| Job security | 117 | 33.24 | |
| Others | 27 | 7.67 | |
| Current motivation for learning medicine | Desire to help others | 178 | 50.57 |
| Work internationally | 46 | 13.07 | |
| Research opportunities | 12 | 3.41 | |
| Job security | 84 | 23.86 | |
| Others | 32 | 9.09 | |
| Participation in outreached service | Yes | 119 | 33.81 |
| No | 233 | 66.19 | |
| Reasons not to work in a deprived area | Insufficient financial incentives | 30 | 29.13 |
| Lack of training opportunities | 23 | 22.33 | |
| Insufficient research opportunities | 3 | 2.91 | |
| Poor quality of facilities | 25 | 24.27 | |
| Poor quality of housing | 6 | 5.83 | |
| Insufficient professional support | 7 | 6.80 | |
| Difficult to return to school | 4 | 3.88 | |
| Others | 5 | 4.85 | |
| Intention to migrate to other countries | Yes | 184 | 52.27 |
| No | 168 | 47.73 | |
| Expected future specialty | Obstetrics and Gynecology | 52 | 14.77 |
| Surgery | 104 | 29.55 | |
| Pediatrics | 31 | 8.81 | |
| Internal Medicine | 95 | 26.99 | |
| Others* | 70 | 19.89 |
*Radiology, dermatology, anesthesia, psychiatry, public health, management, ENT