A summary of my research project into how the hidden curriculum affects undergraduate career decisions, focussing on surgical careers. Created using Keynote.

1. Kate Bowman

2. “Stand at the back and faint
backwards”

3. introduction

4. introduction

5. research question
1. Is there a hidden curriculum in the context of
surgical careers?
2. What is the nature of the hidden curriculum?
3. How does this influence student career
decisions?

6. the study
46 questionnaires
12 interviews
transcription and thematic analysis

14. illustrative quotes
Build a network
•“You could just go through without sort of
worrying about any of this. And you would pass
exams fine, but then you don’t have the contacts
that sort of give you the extra, like step up from
everyone else.”

15. illustrative quotes
Fit in
•“Ifyou can be as much like the surgeons you
know as possible, then you’re probably more
likely to do well”

16. illustrative quotes
Participation
•“The only way to get included really is to get
scrubbed in and try and assist. But it’s quite
difficult to actually do.”

17. conclusions

18. Acknowledgements
Research team: Elspeth Hill, Jo Hart, Renee Stalmeijer and Kate
Bowman.
Thanks to: Tim Dornan (Maastricht), Suzanne Vaughn (UoM), Yvette
Solomon (Oslo) and Tina Martimianakis (Wilson Centre Toronto)