Perception of Male Medical Students about Their Quality of Life in Future

Background: The purpose of study was to cover all the aspects which determine the quality and standards of a doctor's life in future. As hundreds of doctors are leaving Pakistan and getting settled abroad so this research is based on the factors that elucidate the specialty preferences of Pakistani medical students and various parameters that influence medical students to make the decision regarding which specialty to pursue. Aim: To find out the perception of male medical students about their quality of life in future and to know that medical studies has any influence on their leisure activity and social life. Study design: The study design is cross-sectional descriptive Study setting and duration: The study was conducted at Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore in a duration of three months from May 2014 to July 2014. Inclusion criteria: Male M.B.B.S students of all the years of Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore Data Collection and analysis: 300 male medical students fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included. They were provided a structured questionnaire to fill out. Results: Mean age of the respondents was 21.47 Standard Deviation2.558 with minimum age of 18 and maximum age of 27. 27.67% were from 1st year, 12.33% were from 2nd year, 19.33% were from 3rd year, 19.00% were from 4th year and 21.67% were from final year. 66.67% Fathers of the students were doing job in private sector and 39.32% were Govt. employees. 73.00% students were living in hostel and 27.00% were day scholars. 63.67% were satisfied with medical field, 19.67% wanted to go in business, 13.33% wanted to go in engineering and 4.33% wanted to be a lawyer if they were given a second chance. 73.7% students wanted to do specialization, 8.00% wanted to be GP and 18.3% wanted to do CSS in future. 47.3% wanted to specialize in surgery, 29.7% in medicine, 13.3% in pediatrics and 9.7% in gynecology. 65.7% wanted to do specialization from abroad and 34.3% from Pakistan. Conclusions: Most of the students were satisfied with their profession but one third of them wanted to adopt different profession even after M.B.B.S. Two third of the students wanted to specialize from abroad and one third from Pakistan.