Career Status of Medical Graduates between ۲۰۰۱ and ۲۰۰۷ from Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Background & Objective : Expensive medical educational cost long term education and difficult lessons all support this evidence that with unemployment of medical graduates in professional activities much national stock will be used vainly Due to lack of enough knowledge and documents about medical graduates career activities this study was conducted in order to evaluate their career status Methods : In a retrospective cohort study all ۵۲۸ medical graduates who were graduated between ۲۰۰۱and ۲۰۰۷ from Kerman University of Medical Sciences were studied Necessary data latest career and educational status of medical graduates were collected by direct and indirect phone interviews In order to determine the impact of effective factors on career status and residency exam acceptance Logistic Regression and Survival analyses were applied Results : The access rate to graduates was ۸۶% At least three years after graduation ۶۲% of medical graduates were engaged in medical careers which were mostly in clinics military or social services personal offices and clinical specialties Among all subjects ۴۰ persons (۷۶%) were jobless and almost the same rate was doing non medical jobs Eighteen percent were engaged in working or studying in clinical specialties and others had left Iran Survival analysis showed that female physicians were employed faster and more in medical professions (median for female and male were ۳۸ & ۴۵ years respectively P=۰۰۰۹) Women were more successful than men in professional careers (۱۲%) and residency exam acceptance (۱۷%) which were not statically significant Mean score during education was effective factor on residency exam acceptance Conclusion : It seems that almost ۲۰% of medical graduates in Kerman City were not employed in careers related to their education in long term prospect (more than three years after graduation) or left the country It is important to consider causes of male physicians failure in comparison with female physicians while there is a great need to male physicians services low income can somehow explain it

Keywords:

Career status , graduate , Medicine , Kerman