Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh

This note describes the career preferences of graduating medical and nursing students in Uttar Pradesh, with special reference to incentives offered for and work attributes of employment opportunities in rural areas. Results indicate that medical s...

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Main Authors: Raha, Shomikho, Berman, Peter, Bhatnagar, Aarushi
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/16420807/career-preferences-medical-nursing-students-uttar-pradesh
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spelling okr-10986-128362021-04-23T14:03:03Z Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh Raha, Shomikho Berman, Peter Bhatnagar, Aarushi ACADEMIC REPUTATION BACHELORS DEGREE BULLETIN CAREER CAREER CHOICES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOCTORS EMPLOYMENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FAMILY WELFARE FURTHER EDUCATION GRADUATE EDUCATION GRADUATE PROGRAMS GRADUATE STUD GRADUATE STUDIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INTERNAL BRAIN DRAIN JOB MARKET JOB SECURITY LABOR MARKET LITERATURE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEDICAL COLLEGES MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL STUDENTS MIDWIFE MIDWIFERY MIGRATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NURSE NURSES NURSING NURSING SCHOOLS NURSING STUDENTS NUTRITION PHYSICIANS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS PRACTITIONERS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE RESEARCHERS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HEALTH CARE RURAL POPULATIONS UNDERGRADUATES URBAN AREAS WORK FORCE WORKERS WORKFORCE YOUNG PEOPLE This note describes the career preferences of graduating medical and nursing students in Uttar Pradesh, with special reference to incentives offered for and work attributes of employment opportunities in rural areas. Results indicate that medical students prefer to concentrate on their post-graduate education and are not inclined to work in rural areas while nursing students have a greater predilection to work in public rural settings. The note draws attention to the fact that it is a tougher challenge to increase the supply of physicians in rural areas as compared to nurses and incentives offered to prospective health workers will be more effective ill the form of incentive packages. 2013-03-21T19:44:11Z 2013-03-21T19:44:11Z 2009-08-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/16420807/career-preferences-medical-nursing-students-uttar-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12836 English en_US India health beat, vol. 1;no. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia India
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topic ACADEMIC REPUTATION
BACHELORS DEGREE
BULLETIN
CAREER
CAREER CHOICES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CITIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOCTORS
EMPLOYMENT
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
FAMILY WELFARE
FURTHER EDUCATION
GRADUATE EDUCATION
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
GRADUATE STUD
GRADUATE STUDIES
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH CENTRES
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH WORKFORCE
HOSPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INTERNAL BRAIN DRAIN
JOB MARKET
JOB SECURITY
LABOR MARKET
LITERATURE
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MEDICAL COLLEGES
MEDICAL EDUCATION
MEDICAL STUDENTS
MIDWIFE
MIDWIFERY
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
NURSE
NURSES
NURSING
NURSING SCHOOLS
NURSING STUDENTS
NUTRITION
PHYSICIANS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS
PRACTITIONERS
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
RESEARCHERS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL HEALTH CARE
RURAL POPULATIONS
UNDERGRADUATES
URBAN AREAS
WORK FORCE
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle ACADEMIC REPUTATION
BACHELORS DEGREE
BULLETIN
CAREER
CAREER CHOICES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CITIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOCTORS
EMPLOYMENT
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
FAMILY WELFARE
FURTHER EDUCATION
GRADUATE EDUCATION
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
GRADUATE STUD
GRADUATE STUDIES
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH CENTRES
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH WORKFORCE
HOSPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INTERNAL BRAIN DRAIN
JOB MARKET
JOB SECURITY
LABOR MARKET
LITERATURE
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MEDICAL COLLEGES
MEDICAL EDUCATION
MEDICAL STUDENTS
MIDWIFE
MIDWIFERY
MIGRATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
NURSE
NURSES
NURSING
NURSING SCHOOLS
NURSING STUDENTS
NUTRITION
PHYSICIANS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS
PRACTITIONERS
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
RESEARCHERS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL HEALTH CARE
RURAL POPULATIONS
UNDERGRADUATES
URBAN AREAS
WORK FORCE
WORKERS
WORKFORCE
YOUNG PEOPLE
Raha, Shomikho
Berman, Peter
Bhatnagar, Aarushi
Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation India health beat, vol. 1;no. 6
description This note describes the career preferences of graduating medical and nursing students in Uttar Pradesh, with special reference to incentives offered for and work attributes of employment opportunities in rural areas. Results indicate that medical students prefer to concentrate on their post-graduate education and are not inclined to work in rural areas while nursing students have a greater predilection to work in public rural settings. The note draws attention to the fact that it is a tougher challenge to increase the supply of physicians in rural areas as compared to nurses and incentives offered to prospective health workers will be more effective ill the form of incentive packages.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author Raha, Shomikho
Berman, Peter
Bhatnagar, Aarushi
author_facet Raha, Shomikho
Berman, Peter
Bhatnagar, Aarushi
author_sort Raha, Shomikho
title Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh
title_short Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh
title_full Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh
title_fullStr Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh
title_full_unstemmed Career Preferences of Medical and Nursing Students in Uttar Pradesh
title_sort career preferences of medical and nursing students in uttar pradesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/16420807/career-preferences-medical-nursing-students-uttar-pradesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12836
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