Table 5 Incentives - residency in periphery
1. Incentive interests me | 2. Plan peripheral residency | 3. Incentives don’t interest me | 1 vs 3 | 1 vs 2 | 2 vs 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 106 | 20 | 223 | ||||
Percent | 30% | 6% | 64% | ||||
Gender | Female | 48% | 47% | 50% | |||
Male | 52% | 53% | 50% | NS | NS | NS | |
Age (years) | 18–20 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||
21–23 | 22% | 20% | 19% | ||||
24–26 | 27% | 15% | 31% | ||||
27–29 | 36% | 50% | 35% | ||||
30–32 | 10% | 10% | 11% | ||||
+ 32 | 5% | 5% | 3% | NS | NS | p < 0.02 | |
Marital status | Single | 68% | 60% | 72% | |||
Married | 30% | 40% | 27% | ||||
Divorced | 2% | 0% | 1% | NS | p< 0.05 | p < 0.02 | |
High school location in Israel | Jerusalem | 27% | 5% | 25% | |||
Central | 36% | 32% | 40% | ||||
South | 10% | 26% | 10% | ||||
Other | 1% | 0% | 1% | NS | p < 0.01 | NS | |
Future residency location in Israel | Jerusalem | 14% | 10% | 29% | |||
Central | 20% | 0% | 41% | ||||
North | 14% | 55% | 8% | ||||
South | 0% | 20% | 1% | ||||
Don’t know | 53% | 15% | 22% | p< 0.03 | p < 0.01 | p< 0.01 | |
Specialties under consideration | Pediatrics | 39% | 31% | 31% | |||
Internal medicine | 21% | 6% | 35% | ||||
Ob/Gyn | 29% | 19% | 15% | ||||
Emergency medicine | 0% | 13% | 1% | ||||
Surgical specialties | 32% | 31% | 29% | ||||
Other specialties | 31% | 31% | 37% | p < 0.04 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.02 | |
Criteria for choosing a specialty | |||||||
Time with family (1) | 78% | 60% | 63% | p < 0.004 | p < 0.04 | NS | |
Specialty that deals with social issues (3) | 35% | 35% | 25% | p < 0.02 | NS | NS | |
Advancing rapidly (2) | 51% | 45% | 69% | p < 0.0007 | NS | p < 0.04 | |
Opportunity for research (2) | 29% | 5% | 47% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.04 | p < 0.0001 | |
Controllable lifestyle (1) | 74% | 50% | 66% | NS | NS | NS | |
Independent practice | 54% | 40% | 51% | NS | p < 0.03 | p < 0.03 | |
High salary | 51% | 20% | 45% | NS | p < 0.006 | p < 0.01 | |
Procedures/surgery | 45% | 32% | 51% | NS | NS | p < 0.04 | |
Private practice | 37% | 10% | 404% | NS | p < 0.008 | p < 0.009 | |
Criteria for choosing a residency | |||||||
Controllable lifestyle | 73% | 45% | 58% | p < 0.04 | p < 0.03 | NS | |
Primary care | 27% | 32% | 15% | p < 0.001 | NS | p < 0.002 | |
Hospital in the periphery (3) | 8% | 55% | 4% | p < 0.001 | p < 0.0007 | p < 0.001 | |
Intellectual challenge (1)a | 8% | 60% | 87% | p < 0.004 | NS | p < 0.007 | |
Leading department (1)a | 69% | 45% | 85% | p < 0.0002 | p < 0.004 | p < 0.0009 | |
Specific location | 51% | 68% | 70% | p < 0.0001 | NS | NS | |
Large hospitial | 50% | 26% | 68% | p < 0.005 | p < 0.04 | p < 0.0006 | |
Opportunity for research | 17% | 5% | 29% | p < 0.02 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.0005 | |
Much supervision by senior physicians | 44% | 20% | 46% | NS | NS | p < 0.04 | |