en آموزش پزشکی Medical Education پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><b>Background & Objective: </b>Cross-border medical student mobility and doctor migration have become global trends. The aim of this study was to explore Malaysian medical students&rsquo; attitudes towards studying and working overseas.<br> <b>Materials & Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted among medical students of the academic year 2018&ndash;2019 from University Kuala Lumpur, Royal College of Medicine Perak, using a self-administered validated questionnaire that explored their opinions related to encouraging and deterring factors of studying and working overseas and their preferred destination for migration. All 569 students from years 1 to 5 were invited, and 505 completed responses were analyzed.<br> <b>Results:</b> Financial factors were rated as most relevant for not studying overseas by 81.6% of the respondents, whereas language barriers and racial discrimination were considered less relevant. Doing electives overseas was favored by 68.9%. Regarding the benefits of further study abroad, learning international standards and experiencing diversity are rated as &ldquo;very important&rdquo; by 75.4% and 62.7%, respectively. They rated better earning (63.2%) and further learning (30.7%) as the most relevant reasons for doctors working overseas, and family commitment (49.9%), Medical Licensing Examinations (MLE) (38.4%), and loyalty to their home country (34.7%) for not working overseas.&nbsp; Their most preferred foreign destinations for further study and working are the UK, Ireland, and Australia.<br> <b>Conclusion:</b> While appreciating the advantages of further study abroad, MLE was considered one of the deterring factors. As a result, consideration should be given to making changes to existing curricula to align with the expected standards of the destined countries.</span></span></span></div> attitude, medical students, malaysian, studying overseas, working abroad 101 110 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-2181-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Saw Ohn Mar sawohnmar@unikl.edu.my 5300319475328460030221 5300319475328460030221 Yes Surgical based Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Fatehpal Singh Malhi fsmalhi@unikl.edu.my 5300319475328460030222 5300319475328460030222 No Surgical based Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Hakim Gharib Bilal hakimgharib@unikl.edu.my 5300319475328460030223 5300319475328460030223 No Surgical based Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Syed Rahim Syed Hamid syedrahim@unikl.edu.my 5300319475328460030224 5300319475328460030224 No Surgical based Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Osman Ali osmanali@unikl.edu.my 5300319475328460030225 5300319475328460030225 No Community based Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.