Table 4 Residency in a peripheral hospital
Periphery | No periphery | Periphery vs no Periphery | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 48 | 382 | ||
Gender | Female | 45% | 48% | |
Male | 55% | 52% | NS | |
Age (years) | 18–20 | 0% | 0.3% | |
21–23 | 17% | 18% | ||
24–26 | 19% | 30% | ||
27–29 | 42% | 39% | ||
30–32 | 17% | 10% | ||
+ 32 | 6% | 3% | NS | |
Marital status | Single | 63% | 71% | |
Married | 38% | 29% | ||
Divorced | 0% | 1% | NS | |
High school location | Israel | 100% | 97% | |
Other | 0% | 3% | NS | |
High school location in Israel | Jerusalem | 17% | 27% | |
Central | 31% | 42% | ||
North | 38% | 22% | ||
South | 15% | 8% | ||
Other | 0% | 1% | p < 0.05 | |
Residency location | Israel | 100% | 98% | |
Other | 0% | 2% | NS | |
Future residency location in Israel | Jerusalem | 13% | 26% | |
Central | 16% | 36% | ||
North | 40% | 7% | ||
South | 13% | 1% | ||
Don’t know | 18% | 31% | p < 0.01 | |
Specialties under consideration | Family medicne | 0% | 2% | |
Pediatrics | 46% | 30% | ||
Internal medicine | 24% | 32% | ||
Ob/Gyn | 15% | 21% | ||
Emergency medicine | 5% | 1% | ||
Surgical specialties | 32% | 30% | ||
Other specialties | 32% | 35% | p < 0.05 | |
Criteria for choosing a specialty | ||||
Time with family | 85% | 66% | p < 0.001 | |
Controllable lifestyle | 75% | 65% | p < 0.04 | |
Influency of spouse | 56% | 37% | p < 0.01 | |
Specialty that deals with social issues | 46% | 27% | p < 0.004 | |
Work only in the community | 19% | 3% | p < 0.001 | |
Narrow range of medical problems | 10% | 2% | p < 0.001 | |
Advancing rapidly | 48% | 62% | p < 0.05 | |
Opportunity for research | 29% | 41% | p < 0.03 | |
Criteria for choosing a residency program | ||||
Family living location | 81% | 69% | p < 0.04 | |
Teaching students | 57% | 40% | p < 0.05 | |
Pre-determined work hours | 56% | 41% | p < 0.05 | |
Influence of family | 52% | 33% | p < 0.02 | |
Much supervision bysenior physicians | 50% | 42% | p < 0.03 | |
Primary care | 42% | 15% | p < 0.0004 | |
Limited work hours | 42% | 21% | p < 0.03 | |
Much clinic time | 33% | 8% | p < 0.001 | |
Leading department | 58% | 79% | p < 0.0001 | |
Large hosptial | 47% | 60% | p < 0.003 | |