Factors considered by undergraduate medical students when selecting specialty of their future careers.

Introduction: Medical students are the source of a country's physicians. Determining how medical students select their areas of specialization is the key to achieve a balanced distribution of doctors among all specialties. The objective is to identify the number of medical students who have decided their postgraduate specialty career, their career specialties preference, and factors that may influence their decision to select a particular specialty.

Surgery as a career choice among medical students at University of Medical Sciences and Technology.

Background: Medical students are the source of a country's surgeons. There are concerns regarding a possible decline in the proportion of students choosing surgery as a career in some developing countries.

Objective: To identify the level of interest in surgical careers and the factors influence a student's interest in pursuing a surgical career in Sudan.