Motivational factors influencing the choice of oncology as a specialty among French medical students

Nicolas Penel , Pierre‐Yves Cren , Christophe Ducroq , Estelle Laurent , Gabriel Choukroun , Marc Hazzan , Dominique Crié ·

YOU? · · 2025 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06811-w

Experience during hospital rotations plays a crucial role in the specialty choices made by medical students. The motivations behind choosing oncology as a specialty differ according to gender. Intrinsic motivations (interests in fundamental research or in cultivating a long-term relationship with patients) and contextual factors (rural life or interest in a hospital-based career) influence the specialty choices of medical students.

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Specialty Medical education Medicine Psychology Oncology Family medicine

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Type: article
Language: en
Landing Page: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06811-w
PDF: https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12909-025-06811-w
OA Status: gold
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