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Iranian Medical Students’ Tendency to Migrate and Its Associated Factors Publisher Pubmed



Taherahmadi M1 ; Khabaz Mafinejad M2 ; Sayarifard A3 ; Akbari Sari A4 ; Farahani P1
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  1. 1. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Health Professions Education Research Center, Department of Medical Education, Education Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Center for Academic and Health Policy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: BMC Medical Education Published:2023


Abstract

Background: Medical staff migration is one of the challenges for both developed and developing countries affecting society’s health and welfare, which limits access to equity. Therefore, this study was designed and conducted to investigate the tendency to migrate and the factors affecting it among medical students of the Tehran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran, in 2019. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed among 472 medical students using a valid questionnaire which was designed after reviewing the literature and using the opinions of experts. The tendency to migrate and its associated factors were analyzed and reported using the Pearson correlation test, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA test, Tukey post-hock test, and Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric test. Results: According to this study, the tendency to migrate was 6.13 ± 2.82 out of 10. While there was no significant relationship between age, marital status, medical educational phase and the tendency to migrate (p > 0.05); There was a significant relationship between willingness to migrate with variables of gender (p = 0.027), pre-university study region (p < 0.001), father’s academic degree (p = 0.007), mother’s academic degree (p < 0.001), having the relative abroad (p < 0.001), foreign trip experience (p < 0.001), foreign language skills (p < 0.001), number of published articles (p = 0.005) and Iran’s National Elite Foundation membership (p = 0.039). Conclusions: Females, elites, and those with higher socioeconomic state, previous exposure to foreign countries, the ability to speak foreign languages, and research activity are more likely to migrate. Considering the high tendency to migrate among Iranian medical students, urgent and severe strategies must be undertaken to solve this social and health problem. © 2023, The Author(s).