Investigating the international immigration tendency of intern doctors in Turkiye and related factors
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Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye
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Canakkale Yenice State Hospital, Türkiye
Publication date: 2023-04-27
Popul. Med. 2023;5(Supplement):A677
ABSTRACT
Background and Objective: In the last decade, immigrating to developed countries has been a popular topic among young doctors in Turkiye. In the beginning of 2022, the Discussions about doctors’ immigration were in the focus of national media. However, there was a clear lack of scientific data. This study aimed to investigate the tendencies of intern doctors towards international immigration, and to determine the factors that may induce a desire to immigrate. methods 206 intern doctors that were reached through social media, participated in the study by filling the online form between March 1 - 21, 2022. The form included questions about descriptive features, Attitude Towards Brain Drain Scale(ATBDS) and the Beck Hopelessness Scale(BHS). Results: 82.0% of participants were exposed to verbal violence while working, 6.3% were exposed to both verbal and physical violence. 85.9% wanted to work abroad, 74.5% of these participants made this decision during their clinical training. 64.6% of the participants were planning to take board exams abroad. Most of the participants wanted to take board exams of United Kingdom (64.6%), followed by United States (37.6%), Germany (15.8%) and Canada (12.78%). The mean of BHS scores was found to be 9,13(SD=4,31). ATBDS scores were found to be higher in the intern doctors who have been exposed to physical violence, who have a history of being abroad, who are currently taking or have plans to take a foreign language course, who want to work abroad, who have plans to take foreign residency exams and who do not plan to take residency entrance exam in Turkiye (p