Periphery | No periphery | Periphery vs no periphery | |
---|---|---|---|
N | 48 | 382 | |
Criteria for choosing a specialty | |||
Time with family | 85.42% | 66.23% | p < 0.001 |
Controllable lifestyle | 75.00% | 65.01% | p < 0.04 |
Influency of spouse | 56.25% | 37.40% | p < 0.01 |
Specialty that deals with social issues | 45.83% | 27.03% | p < 0.004 |
Work only in the community | 18.75% | 2.62% | p < 0.001 |
Narrow range of medical problems | 10.42% | 1.83% | p < 0.001 |
Advancing rapidly | 47.92% | 62.30% | p < 0.05 |
Opportunity for research | 29.17% | 40.94% | p < 0.03 |
Bedside specialty | 91.67% | 93.10% | NS |
Wide rangeof medical problems | 62.50% | 72.44% | NS |
Independent practice | 60.42% | 55.24% | NS |
Specialty with teamwork | 54.17% | 47.52% | NS |
Procedures/surgery | 50.00% | 47.24% | NS |
High salary | 50.00% | 47.64% | NS |
Private practice | 47.92% | 41.05% | NS |
Daytime work only | 27.08% | 21.78% | NS |
Influence of family | 14.89% | 10.76% | NS |
Academic faculty member | 18.75% | 28.61% | NS |
Influence of classmate | 4.17% | 1.31% | NS |
Specialty that my coleagues choose | 2.08% | 0.79% | NS |
Criteria for choosing a residency | |||
Family living location | 81.25% | 68.59% | p < 0.04 |
Teaching students | 56.25% | 40.05% | p < 0.05 |
Pre-determined work hours | 56.25% | 40.73% | p < 0.05 |
Influence of family | 52.08% | 32.98% | p < 0.02 |
Much supervision by senior physicians | 50.00% | 42.15% | p < 0.03 |
Primary care | 42.22% | 14.72% | p < 0.0004 |
Limited work hours | 41.67% | 21.26% | p < 0.03 |
Much clinic time | 33.33% | 8.38% | p < 0.001 |
Leading department | 58.33% | 78.59% | p < 0.0001 |
Large hosptial | 46.81% | 60.05% | p < 0.003 |
Intellectual challenge | 77.08% | 82.77% | NS |
Controllable lifestyle | 77.08% | 61.56% | NS |
Specific location | 75.00% | 65.79% | NS |
Making clinical decisions on your own | 62.50% | 53.26% | NS |
Much “action” | 43.75% | 40.31% | NS |
Physical challenge | 41.67% | 41.10% | NS |
Short residency | 22.92% | 15.18% | NS |
Opportunity for research | 20.83% | 25.85% | NS |
Many on-call shifts | 16.67% | 9.14% | NS |