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| Title |
Future career plans of Malawian medical students: a cross-sectional survey
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-10-29 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kate L Mandeville, Tim Bartley, Mwapatsa Mipando |
| Abstract |
Malawi has one of the lowest physician densities in the world, at 1.1 doctors per 100,000 population. Undergraduate training of doctors at the national medical school has increased considerably in recent years with donor support. However, qualified doctors continue to leave the public sector in order to work or train abroad. We explored the postgraduate plans of current medical students, and the extent to which this is influenced by their background. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Malawi | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 22% |
| Unknown | 13 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 45% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 14% |
| Unknown | 13 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2012.
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#8,262,445
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Human Resources for Health
#827
of 1,261 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#61,562
of 187,199 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Human Resources for Health
#14
of 20 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,261 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.3. This one is in the 33rd percentile – i.e., 33% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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