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Table 8 Single vs Married Students who Completed Military Service - Selection Criteria

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

 

SINGLE

MARRIED

P

N

212

142

 

CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A SPECIALTY a

 INFLUENCE OF SPOUSE

30.8%

56.0%

p < 0.001

 BEDSIDE SPECIALTY

94.3%

92.9%

NS

 WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS

70.5%

72.5%

NS

 TIME WITH FAMILY (1)b

68.9%

75.4%

NS

 CONTROLLABLE LIFESTYLE (1)

67.5%

69.7%

NS

 ADVANCING RAPIDLY (2)

57.8%

61.3%

NS

 SPECIALTY WITH TEAMWORK

55.7%

49.3%

NS

 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

53.8%

52.1%

NS

 PROCEDURES/SURGERY

45.3%

51.8%

NS

 HIGH SALARY

44.8%

49.3%

NS

 PRIVATE PRACTICE

43.6%

34.5%

NS

 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH (2)

34.0%

37.3%

NS

 SPECIALTY THAT DEALS WITH SOCIAL ISSUES (3)

32.7%

30.5%

NS

 DAYTIME WORK ONLY (1)

22.3%

22.0%

NS

 ACADEMIC FACULTY MEMBER

20.3%

24.8%

NS

 INFLUENCE OF FAMILY

8.5%

12.0%

NS

 WORK ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY

3.8%

3.5%

NS

 NARROW RANGE OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS ©c

3.3%

2.8%

NS

 INFLUENCE OF CLASSMATES ©

1.4%

0.7%

NS

 SPECIALTY THAT MY COLEAGUES CHOOSE ©

0.5%

2.1%

NS

CRITERIA FOR CHOOSING A RESIDENCY a

 PHYSICAL CHALLENGE

49.1%

35.2%

p < 0.02

 FAMILY LIVING LOCATION

72.2%

82.4%

p < 0.002

 INFLUENCE OF FAMILY

33.5%

46.5%

p < 0.007

 MUCH CLINIC TIME (2)

8.0%

16.2%

p < 0.05

 INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE (1) ©

81.6%

83.8%

NS

 LEADING DEPARTMENT (1) ©

73.1%

69.7%

NS

 SPECIFIC LOCATION

68.2%

70.2%

NS

 CONTROLLABLE LIFESTYLE

61.1%

69.0%

NS

 MAKE CLINICAL DECISIONS ON YOUR OWN

55.2%

57.0%

NS

 LARGE HOSPTIAL

52.4%

56.7%

NS

 MUCH SUPERVISION BY SENIOR PHYSICIANS

44.1%

39.4%

NS

 MUCH “ACTION”

42.9%

38.0%

NS

 TEACHING STUDENTS

41.5%

35.5%

NS

 PRE-DETERMINED WORK HOURS (2)

37.3%

44.4%

NS

 LIMITED WORK HOURS

25.2%

22.0%

NS

 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH

19.8%

27.5%

NS

 PRIMARY CARE

19.3%

19.3%

NS

 SHORT RESIDENCY

14.6%

12.0%

NS

 HOSPITAL IN THE PERIPHERY (3)

7.5%

10.6%

NS

 MANY ON-CALL SHIFTS

9.9%

7.0%

NS

 Residency in a non-leading department with pleasant working conditions

50.0%

49.3%

 

 Residency in a leading department with unpleasant working conditions

50.0%

50.7%

NS

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

89.5%

87.9%

 

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

10.5%

12.1%

NS

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

64.7%

53.7%

 

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

35.3%

46.3%

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