Factors that Motivated Medical Students at Abia State University Uturu to Choose Medicine as a Career

Background: People have various reasons for choosing medicine as a career.We decided to carry out a questioner survey among students in Abia State University Uturu to find out the factors that influenced them to choose medicine as a career. Materials and methods:A questionnaire-based study was carried out among clinical students of 400.500 and 600 levels.The information obtained was analyzed by simple impositions.Results: There were 188 respondents.106(56.4%).weremales, while 82(43.6%)were females.The desire to save life was the strongest motivating factor in 150(79.8%),while peer pressure was the least motivating factor in 9(4.8%) of the study population.49(26.1%) of the respondents strongly agree that economic reasons was their motivating factor.122(64.9%)respondents strongly agree that interest in medicine was their motivating factor. Conclusion:The desire to save life is the strongest motivating factor to choose medicine as a career, while peer pressure was the least motivating factor.