The Perceived Impact of Global Surgery Engagement on Career Advancement among US Medical Students

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Journal of Surgical Education Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.103404

Paul Serrato MS , Rafat Solaiman BA , Hiba Vohra MS , Katherine Hu BS , Amiti Jain BS , Yasmin Alamdeen BS , Bani Medegan Fagla BS , Connor Peck MD, MPH , Sarah Hill MD, MPH , Bathsheba Wariso MD, MPH, MHS , Shahyan Rehman MD , Shivani Subhedar DO, MS , Lydia Kersh MS , Cassandra Anderson MD , James Clune MD , Global Surgery Student Alliance

{"title":"The Perceived Impact of Global Surgery Engagement on Career Advancement among US Medical Students","authors":"Paul Serrato MS , Rafat Solaiman BA , Hiba Vohra MS , Katherine Hu BS , Amiti Jain BS , Yasmin Alamdeen BS , Bani Medegan Fagla BS , Connor Peck MD, MPH , Sarah Hill MD, MPH , Bathsheba Wariso MD, MPH, MHS , Shahyan Rehman MD , Shivani Subhedar DO, MS , Lydia Kersh MS , Cassandra Anderson MD , James Clune MD , Global Surgery Student Alliance","doi":"10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.103404","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>There is growing interest among medical institutions to formalize global surgery training. Understanding medical students’ perceptions of how global surgery engagement can enhance career advancement is essential for providing appropriate guidance and support for individuals with aspirations in academic global surgery.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A cross-sectional survey study of US-based medical students from 38 participating schools was performed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to assess motivations and the perceived impact of global surgery engagement on career advancement. The primary outcomes of interest were whether students perceived global surgery participation as beneficial for residency applications and for becoming a better surgeon.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 708 responses, 251 (35.5%) students indicated interest in global surgery. The most common top-ranked motivations for participating in global surgery were feeling a “responsibility to help those who are less privileged or underserved” (32.8%), “finding global health academically interesting” (19.3%), “having a moral commitment to global surgery as a component of health equity” (16.7%). Regardless of global surgery interest, most students believed global surgery engagement would make students better surgeons (83.1%) and better residency applicants (70.5%). On multivariate analysis, having global surgery in the medical school curriculum was associated with increased odds of perceiving the benefit of global surgery engagement for residency applications (aOR: 3.04, p = 0.042). Student membership in a global surgery interest group was associated with increased odds of perceiving the benefit of global surgery engagement for becoming a better surgeon (aOR: 2.17, p = 0.028).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Students with curricular and extracurricular involvement in global surgery during medical school tend to perceive the career benefits of global surgery engagement. Medical institutions should consider how participants will regard their professional growth when developing global surgery programs for trainees.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50033,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surgical Education","volume":"82 2","pages":"Article 103404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Surgical Education","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193172042400552X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Introduction

There is growing interest among medical institutions to formalize global surgery training. Understanding medical students’ perceptions of how global surgery engagement can enhance career advancement is essential for providing appropriate guidance and support for individuals with aspirations in academic global surgery.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey study of US-based medical students from 38 participating schools was performed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to assess motivations and the perceived impact of global surgery engagement on career advancement. The primary outcomes of interest were whether students perceived global surgery participation as beneficial for residency applications and for becoming a better surgeon.

Results

Of the 708 responses, 251 (35.5%) students indicated interest in global surgery. The most common top-ranked motivations for participating in global surgery were feeling a “responsibility to help those who are less privileged or underserved” (32.8%), “finding global health academically interesting” (19.3%), “having a moral commitment to global surgery as a component of health equity” (16.7%). Regardless of global surgery interest, most students believed global surgery engagement would make students better surgeons (83.1%) and better residency applicants (70.5%). On multivariate analysis, having global surgery in the medical school curriculum was associated with increased odds of perceiving the benefit of global surgery engagement for residency applications (aOR: 3.04, p = 0.042). Student membership in a global surgery interest group was associated with increased odds of perceiving the benefit of global surgery engagement for becoming a better surgeon (aOR: 2.17, p = 0.028).

Conclusion

Students with curricular and extracurricular involvement in global surgery during medical school tend to perceive the career benefits of global surgery engagement. Medical institutions should consider how participants will regard their professional growth when developing global surgery programs for trainees.

查看原文本刊更多论文

全球外科参与对美国医学生职业发展的感知影响。

导读：医疗机构对规范化全球外科培训越来越感兴趣。了解医学生对全球外科参与如何促进职业发展的看法，对于为有学术全球外科抱负的个人提供适当的指导和支持至关重要。方法：对美国38所医学院的医学生进行横断面调查研究。构建单变量和多变量逻辑回归模型来评估动机和全球手术参与对职业发展的感知影响。研究的主要结果是学生是否认为参与全球手术对住院医师申请和成为一名更好的外科医生有益。结果：在708份回复中，251名（35.5%）学生表示对全球外科感兴趣。参与全球手术最常见的动机是“有责任帮助那些弱势群体或服务不足的人”（32.8%），“发现全球健康在学术上很有趣”（19.3%），“对全球手术有道德承诺，作为健康公平的一部分”（16.7%）。抛开对全球外科的兴趣不谈，大多数学生认为参与全球外科会让他们成为更好的外科医生（83.1%）和更好的住院医师申请人（70.5%）。在多变量分析中，在医学院课程中加入全球外科与在住院医师申请中认识到全球外科参与的好处的几率增加有关（aOR: 3.04, p = 0.042）。全球外科兴趣小组的学生会员资格与感知全球外科参与对成为一名更好的外科医生的好处的几率增加相关（aOR: 2.17, p = 0.028）。结论：在医学院期间参加过全球外科课程和课外活动的学生倾向于感知到全球外科参与的职业利益。医疗机构在制定全球外科培训项目时，应考虑学员如何看待自己的专业成长。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Surgical Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-SURGERY

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

10.30%

发文量

261

审稿时长

48 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Surgical Education (JSE) is dedicated to advancing the field of surgical education through original research. The journal publishes research articles in all surgical disciplines on topics relative to the education of surgical students, residents, and fellows, as well as practicing surgeons. Our readers look to JSE for timely, innovative research findings from the international surgical education community. As the official journal of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), JSE publishes the proceedings of the annual APDS meeting held during Surgery Education Week.