A Comparative Study Regarding Career Perspectives of Intern Doctors in Government & Private Medical College Hospitals of Bangladesh
Abstract:
The medical carrier
chosen by intern doctors as their careers is an important determinant of the
future supply of doctors in different specialties, and it is important for the
planning of workforce in health-care services. The objective of this study was
to compare the pattern of career perspective of intern doctors in government
and private medical college hospitals of Bangladesh. This was a comparative
cross-sectional type of study carried out among 161 intern Doctor of Government
Medical college hospital and 152 intern doctors of private medical college
hospital from January to December 2018. Majority (83.4%) of the respondents was
unmarried and most of them (82.4%) belonged to Islam. Majority (66.9%) of the
respondents (government and private medical college) want to join in government
services and the association was statistically significant (p=0.000). A large
number of respondents (77.9%) wanted to practice in Bangladesh. The association
between type of medical college and intended practice location was not
statistically significant (p=0.610). Majority (68.3%) of the respondents want
to practice in Dhaka city and the association was statistically significant
(p=0.000). About 42.8% of the respondents opted for Medicine as their first
choice. Most (91.1%) of the respondents did not have any intention of changing
profession and very few (8.9%) of them have intention of changing the
profession. The study recommends improving the facilities in Basic subjects for
attracting intern doctors to develop their career in these fields.
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