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the purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the professional expectations and profile of medical students at the Cuban-supported School of General Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine and HealthSciences of the National University of Timor-Leste

______________________________The experience of medical training and expectations regarding future medical practice of medical students in the Cuban-supported MedicalSchool in Timor-LesteFerrinho et al. Human Resources for Health (2015

piloted, standardized questionnaire, with closed- and open-ended questions, was distributed to registered medical students attending classes on the day of the survey. All data were analysed using SPSS.The statistical analysis is mostly descriptive.

Our main hypothesisis that the students expectations may not become satisfied by the conditions of employment, work and life likely to be provided by the public health administration

Sample : This paper provides a profile of medical students in the 20122013 academic year at the SGM of the Facultyof Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) of the UNTLNo students on the third, fourth and fifth years were at the premises of theSGM on the days when the questionnaire was distributed

The results : -The degree of feminization of the student population is high.-A significant proportion of students are unsure about their future area of specialization-Of those that have determined their desired specialization, most intend to train as hospital specialists and to follow a hospital-based career-For many, specialization is equated with migration to study abroad-There are important differences between students at the start of their training compared with more advanced students.-they report that they expect to combine public sector practice with private work, probably, in order to improve their earnings- overall, obstetrics and gynaecology is themost attractive option for specialization among both junior and senior student

-nationwide survey aimed to identify major trends in preferred specialty, workplacecharacteristics (regional location, hospital) and perceived hindrances forclinical work.The Career Expectations of Medical StudentsBernhard Gibis, Andreas Heinz, Rdiger Jacob, Carl-Heinz Mller 2012

Web-based questionnaire consisting of 34 closed questions was developed atthe University of Mainz in 2009The questions addressed thestudents intentions regarding specialty training, location of practice, workload,and regional preference, as well as potential reasons why they might choosenot to practice clinical medicine in the future

. The software SPSS 18.0 was used for statistical evaluatio

Sample : all students of medicineat the University of Mainz in 2009A total of 12 518 questionnaires were completed

The results : The degree of feminization of the student population is high Most favored specialist is internal medicine The preferences for future specialization differedconsiderably and, given the sample size, significantly between men and women. The greatest variations were seen in gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, and surgery Nearly all respondents stated that they attached importance to compatibilityof work and family life The great majority of the samplearound 87%expected to work (at least initially) in a full-time post, and almost half assumed they would work more than 50 hours per week. The mean values were similar, and the averages for men and women and for students in thedifferent phases of training also lay between 51 and 52 hours Working in a salaried position (92.2%) was preferred to working in private practice (77.7%). General practice, in particular in rural locations, was significantly less favored than work as a specialist in cities(Women were more willing than men to go to a rural area )

. The differences between men and women were statistically significant at greatly varying levels almost throughout, with two exceptions: working as a specialist in ones own office was equally attractive for both sexes, while employment by a health insurance provider was equally unattractive

Women selected salaried employment much more frequently than men, and also had a somewhat higher preference for employment in a public health service post or in primary care

factors that speak against establishing ones own office. These were, in descending order: High financial risk (62.7%) Non-medical tasks and bureaucracy (57.8%) Low income or inadequate remuneration (53.4%) The threat of recourse claims by health insuranceproviders (49.9%) The high purchase price for an office (48.7%) High workload (37.4%).