Yasmeen Mumtaz, Farida Habib, Ashraf Jahangeer.
Evaluation of undergraduate curriculum and future career choices of medical students at Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi.
Biomedica Jan ;24(2):134-8.

This study designed to assess the curriculum of medical teaching and to explore the future career choices of the medical under-graduates. It is a descriptive and cross-sectional survey, carried out at the department of community medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi. A structured pre-tested questionnaire was distributed to 292 fourth year medical students. Data was analysed by calculating the proportions of the students` response& Sixty eight percent medical students were females. A substantial proportion i.e 32.6% of students had not decided their future choices. Among 153 students who decided their career choices, most of them (28.5%) intended to choose medicine, 24.7% to surgery, 11.7% to pediatrics and 7.9% to obstetrics and gynecology as their future career profession. Only two students showed interest in basic sciences and five in medical education. Medical students favoured small group discussions and problem-based learning as the teaching strategy. Most of the medical students were not satisfied with the teaching program. A substantial proportion of medical students could not decide their future path.

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