"Career Choice" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Selection of a type of occupation or profession.
| Descriptor ID |
D002321
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.785.373.346.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Career Choice- Career Choice
- Career Choices
- Choice, Career
- Choices, Career
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Career Choice".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Career Choice" by people in this website by year, and whether "Career Choice" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Career Choice" by people in Profiles.
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Fan EY, Megafu O, Lee J, Robinson SA, Bernal ES, Cleary M, Simons JP. Diversifying the Surgical Workforce: Understanding Barriers to Inform Solutions. J Surg Educ. 2025 Mar; 82(3):103418.
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Sharma ND, Young KC, Feld LD, Rabinowitz LG. Patched but Still Leaky: An Update on the Pipeline for Women in Gastroenterology. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Oct; 69(10):3661-3669.
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Taros T, Zoppo CT, Camargo AM, DeBenedectis CM. Increasing magic number and other trends in diagnostic radiology NRMP match data. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 54(2):242-244.
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Chatterjee D, Nogueira AT, Wefes I, Chalkley R, Sturzenegger Varvayanis S, Fuhrmann CN, Varadarajan J, Jacob GA, Gaines CH, Hubbard NM, Chaudhary S, Layton RL. Citizenship status and career self-efficacy: An intersectional study of biomedical trainees in the United States. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0296246.
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Gurwitz JH. The Paradoxical Decline of Geriatric Medicine as a Profession. JAMA. 2023 08 22; 330(8):693-694.
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Tseng JF. The 2023 A. Hamblin Letton Lecture, Southeastern Surgical Conference Lecture "Choices Matter in Cancer Surgery: A Life's Journey". Am Surg. 2024 Jul; 90(7):1841-1848.
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Pellegrini VD, Simpson D, Milner R, Spector ND. Mid to Senior Clinician Educator Career Transitions and Vitality. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 08; 15(4):505-506.
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Webber SA, Byrne BJ, Starmer AJ, Somberg CA, Frintner MP. Examining Early Career Pediatrician Characteristics, Sacrifices, and Satisfaction. Acad Pediatr. 2023 04; 23(3):587-596.
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Catanzano T, Verma N, Sarkany D, Mohammed TL, Slanetz PJ. The Midcareer Syndrome: Reflection and Repositioning for Better Career Engagement. Acad Radiol. 2022 11; 29(11):1619-1622.
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Hammaker AC, Dodwad SM, Salyer CE, Adams SD, Foote DC, Ivascu FA, Kader S, Abelson JS, Al Yafi M, Sutton JM, Smith S, Postlewait LM, Stopenski SJ, Nahmias JT, Harvey J, Farr D, Callahan ZM, Marks JA, Elsaadi A, Campbell SJ, Stahl CC, Hanseman DJ, Patel P, Woeste MR, Martin RCG, Patel JA, Newcomb MR, Greenwell K, Meister KM, Etheridge JC, Cho NL, Thrush CR, Kimbrough MK, Nasim BW, Willis RE, George BC, Quillin RC, Cortez AR. A multi-institutional study from the US ROPE Consortium examining factors associated with directly entering practice upon residency graduation. Surgery. 2022 09; 172(3):906-912.