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The Medical Migration: Experiences and Perspectives of Medical Students for the Professional Career
The Medical Migration: Experiences and Perspectives of Medical Students for the Professional Career

Author(s): Elena Toader, Lucian Sfetcu
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Expert Projects Publishing
Keywords: international migration; medics’ migration; medical students; career perspectives; pull factors; push factors

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a short overview over the determinants and implications of medics’ international migration and to determine if the international migration of medics can be considered a predictable phenomenon, from the Romanian medical student’s perspective. The study has been conducted on a group of students from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa” from Iași, Romania. The research was conducted on an availability sample of 158 students from the 3rd to 6th year of study, which responded to an auto-administrated questionnaire. The results are in accordance with the results of other similar studies, namely that students are considering international migration to more developed countries as an option for their career development.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 124-136
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English