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• Title:
  Medicine: vocation or calculation? Motives for choosing medical Studies in the light of qualitative research
• Creator:
  Makowska, Marta
• Description:
  The aim of the article is to identify factors motivating young people to choose medical studies and to distinguish in their autonomous motivation and controlled motivation, as outlined by Self- Determination Theory (SDT). The study was conducted using focused group interviews with 92 students from three different medical universities in Poland. The participants had to be at least in their second year of studies. Thematic analysis was used to develop the results. All elements distinguished in SDT appeared in the study, i.e., concerning autonomous motivation: intrinsic motivation, with identified themes of the willingnessto help, ambition, and pursuit of self-development. Identification and integration were also distinguished. Identification with the theme of the usefulness of studying, and integration with themes including: vocation, childhood, and personal choice. Regarding controlled motivation, a theme of prestige linked to introjection was identified, along with several themes related to external regulation, such as rewards, influence of significant others, familiarity with the profession. There were also statements about amotivation.;
  The aim of the article is to identify factors motivating young people to choose medical studies and to distinguish in their autonomous motivation and controlled motivation, as outlined by Self- Determination Theory (SDT). The study was conducted using focused group interviews with 92 students from three different medical universities in Poland. The participants had to be at least in their second year of studies. Thematic analysis was used to develop the results. All elements distinguished in SDT appeared in the study, i.e., concerning autonomous motivation: intrinsic motivation, with identified themes of the willingness to help, ambition, and pursuit of self-development. Identification and integration were also distinguished. Identification with the theme of the usefulness of studying, and integration with themes including: vocation, childhood, and personal choice. Regarding controlled motivation, a theme of prestige linked to introjection was identified, along with several themes related to external regulation, such as rewards, influence of significant others, familiarity with the profession. There were also statements about amotivation.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 Marta Makowska
• Date:
  2025.12.16
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja; Bd. 27 Nr. 1 (2025); 149-164;
  Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja; Vol. 27 No. 1 (2025); 149-164;
  Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja; Tom 27 Nr 1 (2025); 149-164;
  2719-2717;
  2300-0422
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/kse/article/view/42406/41688
• Subject:
  studying;
  medicine;
  motivation;
  Self-Determination Theory;
  focus group interviews
• Identifier: https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/kse/article/view/42406
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text