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Personal Characteristics, Career Plans, and Specialty Choices of Medical Students Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha

Personal Characteristics, Career Plans, and Specialty Choices of Medical Students Elected to... Abstract • Among US medical graduates in 1983, personal characteristics, career plans, and specialty choices of men and women elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the honor medical society, differed in a number of ways from those of their non–AOA classmates. Students in AOA scored significantly higher on each subtest of the Medical College Admission Test, were disproportionately white, and had a higher proportion of parents achieving a post–high school education. Members of AOA participated in undergraduate medical research and authored papers during medical school significantly more frequently than those who were not members of AOA, planned a major career commitment to research, and planned careers in academic medicine significantly more frequently than those who did not belong to AOA. In contrast, neither religious preference, among students from Catholic, Jewish, or Protestant backgrounds, nor gender differentiated members of AOA from non–AOA members. Among the 15 specialties studied, internal medicine subspecialties and internal medicine attracted the highest proportion of students elected to AOA. (Arch Intern Med 1989;149:576-580) References 1. Revision of Constitution . Menlo Park, Calif, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1982. 2. Babbott D, Baldwin DC Jr, Jolly P, et al: Stability of early specialty preferences among medical graduates in 1983 . JAMA 1988;259:1970-1975.Crossref 3. Division of Operational Studies: Student and Applicant Information Management System: General Description . Washington, DC, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1984. 4. Dixon WJ (ed): BMDP Statistical Software . Berkeley, Calif, University of California Press, 1985. 5. SAS User's Guide: Statistics , version 5. Cary, NC, SAS Institute Inc, 1985. 6. Fienberg SE: Analysis of Cross-Classified Data , ed 2. Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press, 1981. 7. Alpha Omega Alpha members elected in 1982-1983 . Pharos 1983;46:46-55. 8. Crowley AE, Etzel SI, Petersen ES: Undergraduate medical education . JAMA 1987;258:1017.Crossref 9. Dial TH, Elliott PR: Relationship of scholarships and indebtedness to medical students' career plans . J Med Educ 1987;62:316-324. 10. Cuca JM: The specialization and career preferences of women and men recently graduated from US medical schools . JAMA 1979;34:425-435. 11. Medical Student Graduation Questionnaire: 1986 Subset Report: Men vs Women . Washington, DC, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1986. 12. Herman MW, Veloski J: Family medicine and primary care: Trends and student characteristics . J Med Educ 1977;52:99-106. 13. Rosevear GC, Tickman MS, Gary NE: Relationship between specialty choice and academic performance . J Med Educ 1985;60:640-641. 14. Williams T, Sachs L, Veloski J: Performance on the NBME part II examination and career choice . J Med Educ 1986;61:979-981. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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0003-9926
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10.1001/archinte.1989.00390030064012
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Abstract • Among US medical graduates in 1983, personal characteristics, career plans, and specialty choices of men and women elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the honor medical society, differed in a number of ways from those of their non–AOA classmates. Students in AOA scored significantly higher on each subtest of the Medical College Admission Test, were disproportionately white, and had a higher proportion of parents achieving a post–high school education. Members of AOA participated in undergraduate medical research and authored papers during medical school significantly more frequently than those who were not members of AOA, planned a major career commitment to research, and planned careers in academic medicine significantly more frequently than those who did not belong to AOA. In contrast, neither religious preference, among students from Catholic, Jewish, or Protestant backgrounds, nor gender differentiated members of AOA from non–AOA members. Among the 15 specialties studied, internal medicine subspecialties and internal medicine attracted the highest proportion of students elected to AOA. (Arch Intern Med 1989;149:576-580) References 1. Revision of Constitution . Menlo Park, Calif, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1982. 2. Babbott D, Baldwin DC Jr, Jolly P, et al: Stability of early specialty preferences among medical graduates in 1983 . JAMA 1988;259:1970-1975.Crossref 3. Division of Operational Studies: Student and Applicant Information Management System: General Description . Washington, DC, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1984. 4. Dixon WJ (ed): BMDP Statistical Software . Berkeley, Calif, University of California Press, 1985. 5. SAS User's Guide: Statistics , version 5. Cary, NC, SAS Institute Inc, 1985. 6. Fienberg SE: Analysis of Cross-Classified Data , ed 2. Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press, 1981. 7. Alpha Omega Alpha members elected in 1982-1983 . Pharos 1983;46:46-55. 8. Crowley AE, Etzel SI, Petersen ES: Undergraduate medical education . JAMA 1987;258:1017.Crossref 9. Dial TH, Elliott PR: Relationship of scholarships and indebtedness to medical students' career plans . J Med Educ 1987;62:316-324. 10. Cuca JM: The specialization and career preferences of women and men recently graduated from US medical schools . JAMA 1979;34:425-435. 11. Medical Student Graduation Questionnaire: 1986 Subset Report: Men vs Women . Washington, DC, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1986. 12. Herman MW, Veloski J: Family medicine and primary care: Trends and student characteristics . J Med Educ 1977;52:99-106. 13. Rosevear GC, Tickman MS, Gary NE: Relationship between specialty choice and academic performance . J Med Educ 1985;60:640-641. 14. Williams T, Sachs L, Veloski J: Performance on the NBME part II examination and career choice . J Med Educ 1986;61:979-981.

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Published: Mar 1, 1989

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