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Table 3 Medical Students’ Perceptions of FM: Comparison of Students Interested in FM vs those Interested in Other Specialties

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

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

         

0.0%

            

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