Loss of international medical experiences: knowledge, attitudes and skills at risk
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...These include age,(13) marital status,(13) having a societal orientation and volunteering in a developing country.(14,26) Rural origin, which has been shown by others to be predictive,(27,28) was not associated with a career choice of family medicine in our study; however, it was associated with a decreased likelihood of switching career interests away from family medicine during medical school....
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...xposure to a broad spectrum of illnesses, and increased ultural sensitivity.(3,4) Potential reciprocal benefits to host...
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...Clinical global health opportuities in postgraduate training have typically been offered n nonsurgical disciplines, partly because of the traditional ocus of public health on infectious diseases and maternal nd child health.(1,4,14,18,19) Recently, the substantial burden igure 2....
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...Though some medical students and residents are exposed to poor patients within the US, not all training programs include such patients and the level of poverty is less extreme than in developing countries where many still die of hunger and curable communicable diseases [7]....
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...Following the traditional trajectory, students' idealism and desire to work with underserved populations has been shown to decline as they progress from preclinical training through residency [8]....
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...They also chose to practice in more culturally diverse and underserved areas, and the majority choose careers in primary care [10,19,20]....
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...Residents in an international health track often switched from subspecialty to general medicine during residency [21]....
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