In this paper we examine the associations between gender, family background, general cognitive ability (g) and career aspirations at early age, and career attainment in mid adulthood drawing on two large representative samples of the British population born in 1958 (N = 6,474) and in 1970 (N = 5,081). A developmental-contextual model of career development is tested in both age cohorts, using St...

The number of leave-taking fathers in South Korea has quintupled the last five years, but those taking leave are still a minority total eligible fathers. These fathers, however, take some longest world. Driven by such notable trends, this paper inquires how norms about childcare and working hours shape Korean fathers’ decision to as well work-family balance after leave. I find that often pushed...

Physician interest in global health, particularly among family physicians, is reflected by an increasing proliferation of field training and service experiences. However, translating initial training involvement into a defined and sustainable global health career remains difficult and beset by numerous barriers. Existing global health literature has largely examined training experiences and rel...

The development of the EURACT (European Academy of Teachers in General Practice) Educational Agenda helped many family medicine departments in development of clerkship and the aims and objectives of family medicine teaching. Our aims were to develop and validate a tool for assessment of students' attitudes towards family medicine and to evaluate the impact of the clerkship on students' attitude...

Centre for Modern Information Management, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R.China, 430074 Career progression is a general concern of professional working mothers in China. The purpose of this paper is to report a qualitative study of Chinese professional working mothers that explored the perceptions of online Master’s of Business Administration (MBA...

Little is known about the role of family in middle school Latinas’ pathway to an IT-related career. This paper will present findings on how rural, Latina girls are thinking about the role of family in their career interests. The 77 participants range in age from 12-13, and most have parents who were born in Mexico and work in service-related jobs. Students described their career goals, influenc...

BACKGROUND Recent decreases in the number of students entering family medicine has prompted reconsideration of what is known about the factors affecting specialty choice. METHODS Thirty-six articles on family medicine specialty choice published since 1993 were reviewed and rated for quality. RESULTS Rural background related positively and parents' socioeconomic status relates negatively to ...

Factors associated with family commitment among pharmacists in the south central U.S. are explored. In 2010, a cross-sectional mailed self-administered 70 item survey of 363 active licensed pharmacists was conducted. This analysis includes only 269 (74%) participants who reported being married. Outcome measures were family commitment (need for family commitment, spouse's family commitment), wor...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether the discipline (family medicine vs other specialty) of formally assigned faculty advisors affected medical student experience and career interest. DESIGN Survey. SETTING University of Calgary in Alberta. PARTICIPANTS A total of 104 medical students from the graduating class of 2011. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Number of times medical students met with their adviso...

PROBLEM ADDRESSED Fewer medical students are choosing careers in family medicine across Canada. One way to cultivate student interest is through creation of family medicine interest groups. Students, residents, community-based family physicians, and academic faculty can all contribute to the success of such groups. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM A family medicine interest group provides information abo...