House officers' specialist career choices and motivators for their choice- a sequential mixed-methods study from Malaysia.

Purpose: Shortage and maldistribution of medical specialists hamper healthcare quality. The specialist career choices of house officers determines the future composition of healthcare systems. We studied house officers'' specialist career choices and motivators for their choice.

Development and validation of motivators for medical specialist career choice questionnaire (MMSCCQ) - a methodological study.

Introduction: A validated instrument to assess the motivating factors influencing junior doctors' medical specialist career choices is not available. The Motivators for Medical Specialist Career Choice Questionnaire (MMSCCQ) was developed and validated in the present study.

Methods: An exploratory sequential mixed-methods study was conducted among house officers (HO) of a tertiary care hospital.