Cleland, Jennifer AJohnston, Peter WAnthony, MichaelKhan, NadirScott, Neil W2014-10-282014-10-282014-07-23Cleland, J A, Johnston, P W, Anthony, M, Khan, N & Scott, N W 2014, 'A survey of factors influencing career preference in new-entrant and exiting medical students from four UK medical schools', BMC Medical Education, vol. 14, 151. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-1511472-6920ORCID: /0000-0002-8067-9660/work/62170820http://hdl.handle.net/2164/3769Our thanks to Professor Gillian Needham and Dr Murray Lough for their encouragement and support, and their comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. Our thanks also to NHS Education for Scotland [NES] for funding, and the Scottish Medical Deans Education Group [SMDEG] for supporting this project. We are grateful to all the students who gave their time to complete the survey questionnaire and to those who helped organise and carry out data collection.10248827engcontrollable life-stylespecialty choicegeneral-surgerypractice locationsurgical careershortagegenderperspectivesachievementintentionsR MedicineRJournal article10.1186/1472-6920-14-15114