Table 9 Primary care - selection criteria
1Incentive interests me | 2Plan peripheral residency | 3Incentives don’t interest me | 1 vs 3 | 1 vs 2 | 2 vs 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 106 | 20 | 223 | |||
Criteria for choosing a specialty | ||||||
Time with family (1) | 78.30% | 60.00% | 63.39% | p < 0.004 | p < 0.04 | NS |
Specialty that deals with social issues (3) | 35.24% | 35.00% | 25.11% | p < 0.02 | NS | NS |
Advancing rapidly (2) | 51.43% | 45.00% | 68.75% | p < 0.0007 | NS | p < 0.04 |
Opportunity for research (2) | 29.25% | 5.00% | 46.64% | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.04 | p < 0.0001 |
Bedside specialty | 95.28% | 95.00% | 92.79% | NS | NS | NS |
Wide range of medical problems | 73.58% | 63.16% | 73.66% | NS | NS | NS |
Controllable lifestyle (1) | 73.58% | 50.00% | 66.07% | NS | NS | NS |
Independent practice practice | 53.77% | 40.00% | 51.28% | NS | p < 0.03 | p < 0.03 |
High salary | 50.48% | 20.00% | 45.09% | NS | p < 0.006 | p < 0.01 |
Specialty with team work | 48.11% | 55.00% | 50.89% | NS | NS | NS |
Procedures/surgery | 45.28% | 31.58% | 50.67% | NS | NS | p < 0.04 |
Influence of spouse | 41.35% | 45.00% | 34.84% | NS | NS | NS |
Private practice | 36.79% | 10.00% | 39.64% | NS | p < 0.008 | p < 0.009 |
Daytime work only (1) | 23.30% | 21.05% | 19.20% | NS | NS | NS |
Academic faculty member | 22.86% | 10.53% | 31.25% | NS | NS | NS |
Influence of family | 9.43% | 10.00% | 11.21% | NS | NS | NS |
Work only in the community | 4.72% | 10.00% | 3.14% | NS | NS | NS |
Narrow range of medical problemsa | 4.72% | 5.00% | 2.68% | NS | NS | NS |
Specialty that my coleagues choosea | 1.90% | 5.00% | 0.90% | NS | NS | NS |
Influence of classmatesa | 0.95% | 0.00% | 1.34% | NS | NS | NS |
Criteria for choosing a residency | ||||||
Controllable lifestyle | 73.33% | 45.00% | 58.12% | p < 0.04 | p < 0.03 | NS |
Primary care | 27.18% | 31.58% | 15.32% | p < 0.001 | NS | p < 0.002 |
Hospital in the periphery (3) | 7.55% | 55.00% | 3.85% | p < 0.001 | p < 0.0007 | p < 0.001 |
Intellectual challenge (1)a | 80.19% | 60.00% | 87.05% | p < 0.004 | NS | p < 0.007 |
Leading department (1)a | 68.87% | 45.00% | 84.82% | p < 0.0002 | p < 0.004 | p < 0.0009 |
Specific location | 50.94% | 68.42% | 69.82% | p < 0.0001 | NS | NS |
Large hospitial | 50.00% | 26.32% | 67.71% | p < 0.005 | p < 0.04 | p < 0.0006 |
Opportunity for research | 16.98% | 5.00% | 29.02% | p < 0.02 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.0005 |
Family living location | 68.87% | 70.00% | 69.06% | NS | NS | NS |
Making clinical decisions on your own | 49.06% | 50.00% | 58.04% | NS | NS | NS |
Much “action” | 45.28% | 40.00% | 43.75% | NS | NS | NS |
Much supervision by senior physicians | 43.81% | 20.00% | 46.43% | NS | NS | p < 0.04 |
Limited work hours | 43.40% | 30.00% | 40.18% | NS | NS | NS |
Physical challenge | 42.45% | 30.00% | 41.70% | NS | NS | NS |
Teaching students | 38.10% | 50.00% | 48.21% | NS | NS | NS |
Influence of family | 32.38% | 30.00% | 34.38% | NS | NS | NSb |
Pre-determined work hours (2) | 25.71% | 25.00% | 20.72% | NS | NS | NS |
Short residency | 15.09% | 10.00% | 16.52% | NS | NS | NS |
Much clinic time (2) | 13.33% | 20.00% | 9.38% | NS | NS | NS |
Many on-call shifts | 12.26% | 10.00% | 10.71% | NS | NS | NS |