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The purpose of the present study is to portray the perspectives of current podiatric medical students on motivational factors that encouraged them to pursue the field.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    An online survey was developed and delivered to the student body of a single podiatric medical school. The survey investigated the motivation to pursue podiatric medicine, including first exposure to the field, shadowing experiences, and a variety of motivational factors.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Of 149 students, 81 (54.4%) completed the survey. The three highest-rated reasons for pursuing podiatric medicine were \u201cstable and secure future,\u201d \u201cwork-life balance,\u201d and \u201cintellectual satisfaction.\u201d The three most-cited types of first exposure to podiatric medicine were \u201cundergraduate pre-health advisor,\u201d \u201cfamily member\/friend is a podiatrist,\u201d and \u201cform of media other than television, including the Internet.\u201d Shadowing experiences were identified as an important part of developing an interest in pursuing podiatric medicine, especially in the surgical setting.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Understanding the perspectives of current podiatric medical students is important in considering future efforts to promote the profession.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7547\/21-171","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,9]],"date-time":"2024-01-09T16:35:15Z","timestamp":1704818115000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Motivations for Pursuing a Career in Podiatric Medicine"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"113","author":[{"given":"Kevin C.","family":"Trinh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Western University of Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine, Westminster, CA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rahul V.","family":"Natarajan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Western University of Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine, La Palma, CA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Steven R.","family":"Cooperman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Western University of Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine, Denver, CO."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Shofler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Western University of Health Sciences, College of Podiatric Medicine, Pomona, CA."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","reference":[{"key":"B1","article-title":"Statistics","unstructured":"American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine: Statistics. 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