Original Article

Sustaining the Intrinsic Motivations of the “Good Physician”: A Content Analysis of Medical Students’ and Physicians’ Responses from Two National Surveys

Objective: Physician motivation has been described as the reason, purpose, and force that drives people to pursue their work, and motivating factors include those that are intrinsic or extrinsic to the work. Social forces may contribute to motivational disparities between medical school and actual practice. Methods: A secondary data analysis…