Curriculum Evaluation

Geneva Final Year Students 2008-09

Choice of specialty and professional practice: Survey 2009

Answer rate: 45% (49/110)

Specialty choice: Main specialties

The figure below is based on the total number of students who indicated having made a specialty choice, N=26/49 (53%)

FinGenGrSpec0809Eng

Choice of professional practice

The figure below is based on the questionnaire total number of answers of N=49/110 (45%)

FinGenPratProfEng

Choice of professional practice (N=37)

(Undecided not included N=12)

A - Academic vs non-academic career

The figure below is based on the total number of students indicating an Academic or Non-academic career,N=15/37 (41%)

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B - Clinical practices

The figure below is based on the total number of students indicating a Clinical Practice career, N=19/37 (51%).

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Choice of professional practice: Type of practices

FinGenTypPratClin0809Eng
  • A = Providing first encounter health or illness appraisal, preventive education and interventions; episodic and long-term comprehensive care of a wide variety of medical problems; primarily office-based. (Ex: family medicine, general medicine ...)
  • B = Providing episodic or long-term care of a limited number of medical problems that may include instrumentation and technical interventions; mix of ambulatory and hospital-based practice. (Ex: internal medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, dermatology, obstetrics/gynecology ...)
  • C= Performing highly skilled and specialized therapeutic techniques or procedures; primarily hospital-based with some office activity. (Ex: orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology ...)
  • D = Performing specialized diagnostic or technical procedures; basic or applied laboratory research; primarily hospital-based. (Ex: radiology, pathology ...)