Choosing Surgery

Ann Surg Open. 2021 Jun 28;2(3):e078. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000078. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Abstract

This perspective piece describes changes in medical education and challenges in specialty discernment faced by medical students as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, this narrative explains ways a father-daughter relationship before as well as during the global pandemic influenced a medical student's decision to pursue a career in general surgery.

Keywords: COVID-19; medical education.