Anaesthesia and Anaesthesiology

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    Effect of Clinical Clerkship on Career Choice of Second Clinical Year Medical Students in Collage of Health Sciences at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-11) Dagne, Mihret; Dr. Tilahun, Rahel (MD, consultant anesthesiologist); Dr.Alferid, Fetiya (MD, consultant anesthesiologist)
    Background: Anaesthesiology is one of disproportionately affected medical specialty in providing adequate number of professionals,There aremisguided assumptions, perceptions and paucity of knowledge regarding this filed by medical students and also by General practitioners which might contribute to a Skewed career choices. To alleviate the gap in work force and quality of service Several studies have suggested thatProviding medical students with a structured clinical rotation provides an opportunity for students to learn a wealth of medical knowledge, procedural skills and to get a feel of what a career in anesthesiology involveswhich in turn influences their perception of anaesthesia and carrier choice. Objective:To explore the effect of a clinical clerkship on career choice in considering anesthesia of C II students attaching from March 19 2021-May 30 2021. Method: Institutional based Descriptive cross-sectional study is used at AAU School of health science. The source population is allCII medical students attached to anesthesia clerkship form March 19 2021-May 30 2021.Sample size was 149.Data was collected using a pre attachment and post attachment self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and bivariate logistic regressionmodel was used.Variables with a p-value <0.25 in bivariate logistic regression were nominated for multivariate logistic regression. Result: A total of 149 students participated in this study.100 (67.1%) were Males.On post attachment 49(32.9%) of the respondents considered anesthesia as a specialty butno one considered it as a first choice.Students with good clinical knowledge of anesthesia has 3.2 times more chance of choosing anesthesia as a career AOD=95 % CI 3.23 (1.32-7.94) with P value 0.01.Students with Good knowledge of the role of anesthesiologist has a high chance of choosing anesthesia as a career AOD = 95 % CI 39(5-306) with p value < 0.001. Conclusion:Good knowledge of the role of anesthesiologist and good clinical knowledge of anesthesia has a positive association with career choice.