Titre :
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Why are you draining your brain ? Factors underlying decisions of graduating Lebanese medical students to migrate. (2007)
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Auteurs :
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Elie-A AKL ;
Claude AFIF ;
Bechara CHAHOUD ;
Jacques CHOUCAIR ;
Stella MAJOR ;
Nancy MAROUN ;
Mazen SAKR ;
Holger-J SCHUNEMANN
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 64, n° 6, 2007)
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Pagination :
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1278-1284
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Homme
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Liban
;
Asie
;
Enseignement
;
Interne
;
Moyen Orient
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Migration
;
Décision médicale
;
Médecin
;
Profession santé
;
Système nerveux central
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS ehqR0xP1. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In the context of a worldwide physician brain drain phenomenon, Lebanon has the highest emigration factor in the Middle East and North Africa. In this manuscript we aim to identify and develop a conceptual framework for the factors underlying the decisions of graduating Lebanese medical students to train abroad. We conducted two focus groups and seven semi-structured individual interviews with 23 students. In the deductive analysis (based on the push-pull theory), students reported push factors in Lebanon and pull factors abroad related to five dimensions. They focused predominantly on how training abroad provides them with a competitive advantage in an oversaturated Lebanese job market. An inductive analysis revealed the following emerging concepts : repel factors abroad and retain factors locally ; societal expectations that students should train abroad ; marketing of abroad training ; and an established culture of migration. The marketing of abroad training and the culture of migration are prevalent in the academic institutions.
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