A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency
Context: Getting residency training abroad is a critical motivator in the emigration of Indian medical students. Brain drain is an emerging issue, especially for developing countries as it causes a shortage of trained staff in the donor country. Aim: We aimed to survey Indian medical students to kno...
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| author | Rohin Kansal Ankur Singla Ashvind Bawa Kashish Malhotra Janvi Lalchandan Jasneet Grewal Madhav Mehta Navreet Kaur Samarvir Jain Himel Mondal |
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Getting residency training abroad is a critical motivator in the emigration of Indian medical students. Brain drain is an emerging issue, especially for developing countries as it causes a shortage of trained staff in the donor country.
Aim:
We aimed to survey Indian medical students to know about their intentions to get trained abroad and to understand the factors influencing their decision.
Materials and Methods:
In this cross-sectional observational study, we surveyed Indian undergraduate medical students of all professional years, including internship. A validated questionnaire collected data on students’ demographics and educational characteristics, intention to study overseas or stay back in India, and factors influencing their decision.
Results:
Out of a total of 1199 responses (51.1% males, 48.9% females), 45.0% partakers had planned to pursue their residency abroad, while 33.8% wanted to stay in India and 21.2% were undecided. Better lifestyle and higher pay grades overseas were viewed as the most significant barriers to staying back in India and a key influencer in decision-making among the maximum number of students (412; 76.3%). On the other hand, a whopping 58.2% of participants opined that they wanted to stay back in India for taking care of their parents.
Conclusions:
Source countries with better healthcare facilities and better incomes tend to attract medical students. Awareness among medical educators regarding constantly changing curricula, a shift to a competency-based education system, better pay grades, limited working hours, and interventions to mitigate workplace violence could help prevent brain drain among Indian medical students and graduates. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2387a2afa25c4629920307293366122b2024-11-11T11:10:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352023-09-011291997200210.4103/jfmpc.318_23A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residencyRohin KansalAnkur SinglaAshvind BawaKashish MalhotraJanvi LalchandanJasneet GrewalMadhav MehtaNavreet KaurSamarvir JainHimel MondalContext: Getting residency training abroad is a critical motivator in the emigration of Indian medical students. Brain drain is an emerging issue, especially for developing countries as it causes a shortage of trained staff in the donor country. Aim: We aimed to survey Indian medical students to know about their intentions to get trained abroad and to understand the factors influencing their decision. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, we surveyed Indian undergraduate medical students of all professional years, including internship. A validated questionnaire collected data on students’ demographics and educational characteristics, intention to study overseas or stay back in India, and factors influencing their decision. Results: Out of a total of 1199 responses (51.1% males, 48.9% females), 45.0% partakers had planned to pursue their residency abroad, while 33.8% wanted to stay in India and 21.2% were undecided. Better lifestyle and higher pay grades overseas were viewed as the most significant barriers to staying back in India and a key influencer in decision-making among the maximum number of students (412; 76.3%). On the other hand, a whopping 58.2% of participants opined that they wanted to stay back in India for taking care of their parents. Conclusions: Source countries with better healthcare facilities and better incomes tend to attract medical students. Awareness among medical educators regarding constantly changing curricula, a shift to a competency-based education system, better pay grades, limited working hours, and interventions to mitigate workplace violence could help prevent brain drain among Indian medical students and graduates.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.318_23developing countriesemigration and immigrationindiaintentioninternship and residencymedical studentphysicians |
| spellingShingle | Rohin Kansal Ankur Singla Ashvind Bawa Kashish Malhotra Janvi Lalchandan Jasneet Grewal Madhav Mehta Navreet Kaur Samarvir Jain Himel Mondal A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care developing countries emigration and immigration india intention internship and residency medical student physicians |
| title | A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency |
| title_full | A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency |
| title_fullStr | A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency |
| title_full_unstemmed | A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency |
| title_short | A nationwide survey on the preference of Indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency |
| title_sort | nationwide survey on the preference of indian undergraduate medical students to go abroad for higher studies and residency |
| topic | developing countries emigration and immigration india intention internship and residency medical student physicians |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.318_23 |
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