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Table 4 SUBGROUPS SELECTION CRITERIA

From: Medical specialty selection criteria of Israeli medical students early in their clinical experience: subgroups

 

PRE-MILITARY

POST-MILITARY

PRE vs POST MILITARY

NO MILITARY

PRE vs NO MILITARY

N

108

356

p

47

p

CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A SPECIALTY a

 ACADEMIC FACULTY MEMBER

33.0%

22.1%

p < 0.040

47.8%

p < 0.02

 TIME WITH FAMILY

19.6%

31.8%

p < 0.010

30.4%

p < 0.05

 BEDSIDE SPECIALTY

90.7%

93.2%

NS

89.4%

NS

 WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS

74.8%

71.3%

NS

61.7%

NS

 TIME WITH FAMILY (1)b

65.4%

71.5%

NS

60.9%

NS

 CONTROLLABLE LIFESTYLE (1)

65.1%

68.4%

NS

72.3%

NS

 ADVANCING RAPIDLY (2)

60.7%

59.2%

NS

41.8%

NS

 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

57.9%

53.1%

NS

69.6%

p < 0.01

 PROCEDURES/SURGERY

50.9%

47.9%

NS

46.8%

NS

 HIGH SALARY

49.1%

46.6%

NS

74.5%

NS

 SPECIALTY WITH TEAMWORK

47.7%

53.1%

NS

46.8%

NS

 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH (2)

42.5%

35.3%

NS

55.3%

p < 0.03

 PRIVATE PRACTICE

40.0%

39.9%

NS

42.6%

NS

 INFLUENCE OF SPOUSE

35.5%

40.9%

NS

25.0%

p < 0.04

 DAYTIME WORK ONLY (1)

18.9%

22.2%

NS

26.7%

NS

 INFLUENCE OF FAMILY

11.4%

9.9%

NS

12.8%

NS

 WORK ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY

5.6%

3.7%

NS

4.3%

NS

 NARROW RANGE OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS ©c

2.8%

3.1%

NS

4.3%

NS

 INFLUENCE OF CLASSMATES©

1.9%

1.1%

NS

4.3%

NS

 SPECIALTY THAT MY COLEAGUES CHOOSE©

0.9%

1.1%

NS

0.0%

NS

CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A RESIDENCY a

 LEADING DEPARTMENT (1)©

85.0%

71.8%

p < 0.002

83.0%

NS

 TEACHING STUDENTS

53.3%

39.1%

p < 0.004

59.6%

NS

 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH

27.1%

22.9%

p < 0.040

40.4%

p < 0.04

 MANY ON-CALL SHIFTS

17.8%

8.8%

p < 0.008

17.0%

NS

 FAMILY LIVING LOCATION

64.2%

76.3%

p < 0.006

53.2%

NS

 SPECIFIC LOCATION

49.5%

69.0%

p < 0.006

63.8%

p < 0.05

 INFLUENCE OF FAMILY

21.7%

38.7%

p < 0.020

40.4%

p < 0.04

 INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE (1)©

85.0%

82.5%

NS

83.0%

NS

 CONTROLLABLE LIFESTYLE

64.5%

64.3%

NS

74.5%

p < 0.03

 MAKE CLINICAL DECISIONS ON YOUR OWN

59.8%

55.9%

NS

46.8%

p < 0.05

 LARGE HOSPTIAL

58.9%

54.1%

NS

70.2%

NS

 MUCH “ACTION”

46.2%

41.0%

NS

53.2%

NS

 PHYSICAL CHALLENGE

45.3%

43.5%

NS

48.9%

NS

 PRE-DETERMINED WORK HOURS (2)

44.9%

40.1%

NS

42.6%

NS

 MUCH SUPERVISION BY SENIOR PHYSICIANS

42.1%

42.2%

NS

38.3%

NS

 PRIMARY CARE

21.7%

19.3%

NS

19.6%

NS

 LIMITED WORK HOURS

21.5%

23.9%

NS

23.4%

NS

 SHORT RESIDENCY

20.8%

13.6%

NS

17.0%

NS

 MUCH CLINIC TIME (2)

11.3%

11.3%

NS

14.9%

NS

 HOSPITAL IN THE PERIPHERY (3)

10.3%

8.8%

NS

8.5%

NS

 Residency in a non-leading department with pleasant working conditions

30.2%

49.7%

 

21.7%

 

 Residency in a leading department with unpleasant working conditions

69.8%

50.3%

p < 0.010

78.3%

NS

 Residency in a hopsital in the periphery in a specialty that interests me

91.6%

88.9%

 

89.1%

 

 Residency in a university hopsital in a specialty that interests me less

8.4%

11.1%

NS

10.9%

NS

 Residency in a specialty that interests me but 2-3 year wait

75.7%

60.3%

 

61.7%

 

 Residency in a specialty that interests me less but residency within a year

24.3%

39.7%

p < 0.010

38.3%

p < 0.03

  1. aPercent of “agree” and “agree much” responses on 5-point Likert Scale
  2. bNumbers in parenthesis are the results of factor analysis
  3. c© - clusters per cluster analysis
  4. Boldface entries are the higher value of a significant pair