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Introduction: Within the context of program evaluation activities being implemented at the Dokuz Eylul School of Medicine, the aim of the present study is to determine the School’s incoming students’ sociodemographic properties, willingness levels for selecting medical school, factors influencing their selection, reasons for selecting this School, awareness about the School’s active learning system at the moment of selection, perceptions about Schools’ learning environment and their future professional plans. Material and method: In the 2005-2006 academic year, at end-October, a questionnaire was given to School’s incoming students before a problem-based learning (PBL) session. 92.51% of the students were reached. Findings and discussion: Majority of the students were male (61.8%) and graduates of super/anadolu/fen high school (85.3%). Those who were previously aware about School’s active learning system were 47.0% and 83.6% of these students mentioned their awareness about the system positively or partly positively influenced their selection of DEUSM. Among the reasons for selecting medical profession, caring for people and interest shown in the profession ranked first and were followed by economic conditions and employment opportunities provided by this profession. Mostly positive opinions were expressed about the teaching and learning facilities provided by the school, the learning tools/resources in these facilities, the attitudes of trainers towards the students, the functioning of students affairs office and problem-based learning sessions, and the overall educational system. The post-graduate professional plans were found as 71.2% becoming a medical specialist and 18.2% obtaining a masters or doctoral degree. Conclusion: The continuation of the study in future years is planned to monitor possible changes in student profile. The data of the study are expected to guide the school’s program evaluation and improvement efforts.

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