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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Perceptions | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | N | % | mis | |||
Advanced Specialty | 12 | 29.3% | - | 36 | 20.7% | 3 | 0.296 | 4 | 30.8% | 0 | 18 | 20.0% | 1 | 0.468 | 8 | 28.6% | 0 | 18 | 21.4% | 2 | 0.447 |
Interesting Specialty | 28 | 68.3% | - | 25 | 14.2% | 1 | <0.0001 | 11 | 84.6% | 0 | 10 | 11.0% | 0 | <0.0001 | 17 | 60.7% | 0 | 15 | 17.6% | 1 | <0.0001 |
Boring Specialty | 7 | 17.9% | 2 | 96 | 54.5% | 1 | <0.0001 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 54 | 60.0% | 1 | <0.0001 | 7 | 25.9% | 1 | 42 | 48.8% | 0 | 0.046 |
Stressful Specialty | 5 | 12.2% | - | 24 | 13.7% | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 25.0% | 1 | 10 | 11.1% | 1 | 0.211 | 2 | 7.1% | 0 | 14 | 16.5% | 1 | 0.350 |
Controllable Lifestyle | 41 | 100.0% | - | 167 | 94.9% | 1 | 0.214 | 13 | 100.0% | 0 | 88 | 96.7% | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | 100.0% | 0 | 79 | 92.9% | 1 | 0.334 |
Family Time | 38 | 92.7% | - | 163 | 92.6% | 1 | 1.000 | 11 | 84.6% | 0 | 84 | 92.3% | 0 | 0.313 | 27 | 96.4% | 0 | 79 | 92.9% | 1 | 0.679 |
Work Limited hours | 37 | 92.5% | 1 | 159 | 90.9% | 2 | 0.514 | 11 | 84.6% | 0 | 82 | 90.1% | 0 | 0.625 | 26 | 96.3% | 1 | 77 | 91.7% | 2 | 0.677 |
Long Working Hours | 6 | 15.4% | 2 | 6 | 3.4% | 1 | 0.010 | 3 | 25.0% | 1 | 3 | 3.3% | 1 | 0.021 | 3 | 11.1% | 1 | 3 | 3.5% | 0 | 0.147 |
High Salary | 13 | 32.5% | 1 | 51 | 29.0% | 1 | 0.703 | 4 | 33.3% | 1 | 27 | 29.7% | 0 | 0.750 | 9 | 32.1% | 0 | 24 | 28.2% | 1 | 0.811 |
Private Practice | 12 | 30.0% | 1 | 65 | 37.1% | 2 | 0.467 | 6 | 46.2% | 0 | 31 | 34.1% | 0 | 0.537 | 6 | 22.2% | 1 | 34 | 40.5% | 2 | 0.108 |
Reasonable Ratio Income to Lifestyle | 37 | 92.5% | 1 | 130 | 74.3% | 2 | 0.011 | 12 | 100.0% | 1 | 67 | 75.3% | 2 | 0.064 | 25 | 89.3% | 0 | 63 | 73.3% | 0 | 0.118 |
Academic Opportunities | 6 | 15.0% | 1 | 11 | 6.3% | 3 | 0.098 | 2 | 16.7% | 1 | 4 | 4.4% | 1 | 0.146 | 4 | 14.3% | 0 | 7 | 8.3% | 2 | 0.463 |
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Prestigious (Population) | 3 | 7.5% | 1 | 13 | 7.4% | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | 5 | 5.5% | 0 | 0.534 | 2 | 7.1% | 0 | 8 | 9.4% | 1 | 1.000 |
Prestigious (Colleagues) | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 4 | 2.3% | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 3 | 3.4% | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1.2% | 0 | 1.000 |
Popular Specialty | 16 | 40.0% | 1 | 52 | 29.5% | 1 | 0.257 | 3 | 25.0% | 1 | 24 | 26.7% | 1 | 1.000 | 13 | 46.4% | 0 | 28 | 32.6% | 0 | 0.257 |
Specialty in Crisis | 10 | 25.6% | 2 | 24 | 13.8% | 3 | 0.089 | 4 | 33.3% | 1 | 13 | 14.8% | 3 | 0.119 | 6 | 22.2% | 1 | 11 | 12.8% | 0 | 0.233 |