Table 5 Free text responses of high school students aspiring to study human medicine,: “What is fascinating to me in human medicine is …”. Categorization of the answers (initial entry only). N = 83
Motivation to study human medicine | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Qualification to help and to heal people | 30 | 36.2 |
Continuous education, lifelong learning | 8 | 9.6 |
Complexity of the discipline human medicine | 27 | 32.5 |
Gaining a deep understanding of the human body | 13 | 15.7 |
Other reasons | 5 | 6.0 |