Majority of Medical and Nursing Students Planning Careers Outside Patient Care, as Fears of Burnout and Clinician Shortages Leave Them Worried about the Future

The report reveals how the challenges of being a frontline health professional in the US today are impacting the longer-term career decisions of students, highlighting increasingly challenging times ahead for an already overburdened healthcare system. Although almost 9 out of 10 medical and nursing students in the US feel devoted to improving patients’ lives, findings reveal that 58% already see their current studies as a steppingstone toward a broader career in healthcare that will not involve directly caring for patients.