Journal of medical education
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Four groups of medical school matriculants (43 with a B. A. degree in social sciences, 68 with a B. A. degree in the humanities, 49 with a B. ⋯ Those with an undergraduate degree in the humanities considered leaving medical school more frequently than the others. A substantial proportion of medical students with an undergraduate major in the sciences and social sciences reported they would choose the humanities if they were once again high school seniors. Those with a science background were disproportionately more likely than the others to choose residencies in internal medicine and surgery, and those with undergraduate degrees in the humanities and social sciences were more likely to choose psychiatry residencies.