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November 17, 2025Education SciencesOpen Access

From First-Year Dreams to Sixth-Year Realities: A Repeat Cross-Sectional Study of Medical Students’ Specialty Preferences

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YHYael HollanderBen-Gurion University of the NegevNANir AmitaiBen-Gurion University of the NegevSYShimrit Salem Yaniv

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Implication

Repeat cross-sectional analysis shows shifts in specialty preferences in medical students, suggesting potential influences of clinical education on career development.

Key Points

  • Ophthalmology interest rose from 2.9% to 11% among clinical students, indicating changing preferences.
  • Survey data from 367 medical students across two cohorts revealed notable specialty shifts during training.
  • Students showed declines in psychiatry, oncology, and surgery while interest grew in both obstetrics and gynecology and ophthalmology.
  • Understanding these shifts in specialty preferences may guide future medical education and workforce strategies.

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Hollander et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692509e3c0ce034ddc352490https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15111545
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