Specialty Showcase Days: Can Specialist Careers Workshops Improve The Consideration Of ENT For Medical Students?

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Figure 1 Factors encouraging a surgical career (0 = no encouragement of surgical career, 10 = extremely encouraging for a surgical career).

Figure 2 Factors discouraging a surgical career (0 = no discouragement from surgical career, 10 = extremely discouraging of a surgical career).

Table 1 Self-Rated Pre-Course Knowledge Of Aspects Involved In An ENT Career

Rate Your Knowledge Of The Following Things Related To ENT
	Complete Awareness	Rough Idea	Minimal Awareness	No Idea
Qualifications/Exams	1	3	0	7
Training Pathway/Career in ENT	1	3	1	6
On Call/Out of Hours Work in ENT	1	2	1	7
Subspecialties/Special Interests in ENT	1	2	2	6
Main Setting for ENT	1	5	1	4
MDT Members in ENT	1	2	2	6
Knowledge of Common Acute ENT Pathologies	0	3	3	5
Confidence in Treating Common ENT Pathologies Alone	2	0	1	8

Figure 3 Post-course perceptions of ENT (x-axis = number of students).

Table 2 Self-Rated Post-Course Knowledge Of Aspects Involved In An ENT Career

Rate Your Knowledge Of The Following Things Related To ENT
	Complete Awareness	Rough Idea	Minimal Awareness	No Idea
Qualifications/Exams	4	4	1	1
Training Pathway/Career in ENT	4	3	1	0
On Call/Out of Hours Work in ENT	4	4	1	0
Subspecialties/Special Interests in ENT	5	4	1	0
Main Setting for ENT	5	3	2	0
MDT Members in ENT	4	3	2	1
Knowledge of Common Acute ENT Pathologies	6	3	1	0
Confidence in Treating Common ENT Pathologies Alone	4	4	1	1