First-year medical students’ career choice motivations (N=843)
| Career choice motivations | n (%) |
| Interest in the health sciences | 399 (47.33) |
| Income and social status | 385 (45.67) |
| Advocating altruism | 337 (39.98) |
| Family member in healthcare | 257 (30.49) |
| Parents’ expectations or illness in the family | 182 (21.59) |
| Other motivations | 9 (1.07) |