"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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Career Choice" by people in Profiles.
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Patterns of practice, research, and engagement in the first 10 years of practice: A survey of APSA early career pediatric surgeons. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Jan; 61(1):162548.
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An Assessment of Black Medical Students' Interest in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Results of a National Survey. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Sep; 120(3):572-581.
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Where to Practice Pathology? Comments from a Personal Journey. Head Neck Pathol. 2025 May 26; 19(1):68.
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Factors affecting family planning among general surgery trainees. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Apr 26; 25(1):615.
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Enhancing early career development in pain medicine: the comprehensive role of mentorship. Pain Med. 2025 Mar 01; 26(3):129-130.
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Perceived Factors That Enable Resident Entry to the Specialty of Radiation Oncology. J Cancer Educ. 2025 Jun; 40(3):365-376.
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Characteristics and career outcomes of dermatology-focused medical student research grant recipients. Clin Dermatol. 2024 Sep-Oct; 42(5):547-556.
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Solidifying the minority high school student pathway: evidence from the health professions recruitment and exposure program. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1408859.
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Women Trainees in Electrophysiology and the Effect of Role Models. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2024 Jun; 17(6):e012577.
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American Society of Nephrology Kidney Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars (TREKS) Program: A 10-Year Interim Analysis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Sep 01; 35(9):1284-1291.