From: Medical students’ perceptions of a career in family medicine
ALL Fam Med (N=41) | ALL Others (N=177) | p value | MALES Fam Med (N=13) | MALES Others (N=91) | p value | FEMALE Fam Med (N=28) | FEMALE Others (N=86) | p value | |||||||||||||
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N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | ||||
Bedside specialty | 34 | 85.0% | 1 | 125 | 70.6% | 0 | 0.075 | 12 | 100.0% | 1 | 58 | 63.7% | 0 | 0.008 | 22 | 78.6% | 0 | 67 | 77.9% | 0 | 1.000 |
Immediate satisfaction | 14 | 34.1% | 0 | 102 | 57.6% | 0 | 0.009 | 6 | 46.2% | 0 | 55 | 60.4% | 0 | 0.376 | 8 | 28.6% | 0 | 47 | 54.7% | 0 | 0.018 |
Family-oriented specialty | 28 | 70.0% | 1 | 46 | 26.3% | 2 | <0.0001 | 7 | 58.3% | 1 | 18 | 20.0% | 1 | 0.008 | 21 | 75.0% | 0 | 28 | 32.9% | 1 | <0.0001 |
Medical administration | 7 | 17.1% | 0 | 41 | 23.4% | 2 | 0.531 | 2 | 15.4% | 0 | 25 | 27.5% | 0 | 0.506 | 5 | 17.9% | 0 | 16 | 19.0% | 2 | 1.000 |
Direct patient care | 32 | 78.0% | 0 | 100 | 56.5% | 0 | 0.013 | 9 | 69.2% | 0 | 43 | 47.3% | 0 | 0.235 | 23 | 82.1% | 0 | 57 | 66.3% | 0 | 0.154 |
Time in the operating room | 7 | 17.1% | 0 | 75 | 42.6% | 1 | 0.002 | 2 | 15.4% | 0 | 41 | 45.6% | 1 | 0.068 | 5 | 17.9% | 0 | 34 | 39.5% | 0 | 0.041 |
Controllable lifestyle | 34 | 82.9% | 0 | 116 | 65.5% | 0 | 0.039 | 11 | 84.6% | 0 | 56 | 61.5% | 0 | 0.130 | 23 | 82.1% | 0 | 60 | 69.8% | 0 | 0.231 |
Work only in the hospital | 8 | 20.0% | 1 | 36 | 20.3% | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | 16 | 17.6% | 0 | 0.685 | 7 | 25.0% | 0 | 20 | 23.3% | 0 | 1.000 |
Specialty without long-term patient care | 4 | 9.8% | 0 | 21 | 12.0% | 2 | 0.793 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 11 | 12.2% | 1 | 0.351 | 4 | 14.3% | 0 | 10 | 11.8% | 1 | 0.745 |
High salaries | 19 | 46.3% | 0 | 83 | 46.9% | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 61.5% | 0 | 46 | 50.5% | 0 | 0.559 | 11 | 39.3% | 0 | 37 | 43.0% | 0 | 0.827 |
Perform procedures | 10 | 24.4% | 0 | 95 | 53.7% | 0 | 0.001 | 4 | 30.8% | 0 | 56 | 61.5% | 0 | 0.068 | 6 | 21.4% | 0 | 39 | 45.3% | 0 | 0.027 |
Time with family | 39 | 95.1% | 0 | 134 | 76.1% | 1 | 0.005 | 12 | 92.3% | 0 | 61 | 67.8% | 1 | 0.102 | 27 | 96.4% | 0 | 73 | 84.9% | 0 | 0.182 |
Academic opportunities | 12 | 29.3% | 0 | 96 | 54.2% | 0 | 0.005 | 2 | 15.4% | 0 | 55 | 60.4% | 0 | 0.003 | 10 | 35.7% | 0 | 41 | 47.7% | 0 | 0.285 |
Possibility for private practice | 14 | 34.1% | 0 | 94 | 53.1% | 0 | 0.037 | 3 | 23.1% | 0 | 59 | 64.8% | 0 | 0.006 | 11 | 39.3% | 0 | 35 | 40.7% | 0 | 1.000 |
On-call duty as an attending | 11 | 26.8% | 0 | 71 | 40.1% | 0 | 0.152 | 5 | 38.5% | 0 | 30 | 33.0% | 0 | 0.757 | 6 | 21.4% | 0 | 41 | 47.7% | 0 | 0.016 |
Prestigious specialty (colleagues) | 1 | 2.5% | 1 | 27 | 15.3% | 0 | 0.034 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 20 | 22.0% | 0 | 0.117 | 1 | 3.6% | 0 | 7 | 8.1% | 0 | 0.677 |
Specialty with "action" | 6 | 14.6% | 0 | 76 | 42.9% | 0 | 0.001 | 4 | 30.8% | 0 | 46 | 50.5% | 0 | 0.240 | 2 | 7.1% | 0 | 30 | 34.9% | 0 | 0.004 |
Care over the long-term | 28 | 68.3% | 0 | 56 | 31.6% | 0 | <0.0001 | 9 | 69.2% | 0 | 22 | 24.2% | 0 | 0.002 | 19 | 67.9% | 0 | 34 | 39.5% | 0 | 0.016 |
Experience during clerkship | 22 | 55.0% | 1 | 81 | 46.0% | 1 | 0.381 | 6 | 50.0% | 1 | 39 | 42.9% | 0 | 0.760 | 16 | 57.1% | 0 | 42 | 49.4% | 1 | 0.519 |
Prestigious specialty (population) | 1 | 2.4% | 0 | 23 | 13.1% | 1 | 0.054 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 17 | 18.9% | 1 | 0.119 | 1 | 3.6% | 0 | 6 | 7.1% | 1 | 0.679 |
Work outside the hospital | 10 | 24.4% | 0 | 12 | 6.9% | 2 | 0.002 | 1 | 7.7% | 0 | 5 | 5.5% | 0 | 0.561 | 9 | 32.1% | 0 | 7 | 8.3% | 2 | 0.004 |
Specialty with direct aid to the patient | 33 | 80.5% | 0 | 135 | 76.7% | 1 | 0.683 | 11 | 84.6% | 0 | 69 | 75.8% | 0 | 0.728 | 22 | 78.6% | 0 | 66 | 77.6% | 1 | 1.000 |
Time for childrearing | 39 | 95.1% | 0 | 118 | 67.0% | 1 | <0.0001 | 12 | 92.3% | 0 | 50 | 54.9% | 0 | 0.013 | 27 | 96.4% | 0 | 68 | 80.0% | 1 | 0.041 |
Only daytime work | 21 | 51.2% | 0 | 43 | 24.4% | 1 | 0.001 | 4 | 30.8% | 0 | 15 | 16.5% | 0 | 0.250 | 17 | 60.7% | 0 | 28 | 32.9% | 1 | 0.014 |
Interesting & challenging specialty | 36 | 87.8% | 0 | 164 | 93.2% | 1 | 0.328 | 12 | 92.3% | 0 | 85 | 93.4% | 0 | 1.000 | 24 | 85.7% | 0 | 79 | 92.9% | 1 | 0.261 |