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. 2024 Nov 13;24:1303. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06028-3

Table 3.

Specialty preferences among 188 students considering clinical practice

Frequency (n) Percentages (%)
Consideration of clinical practice (entering residency and/or apply for a job in the hospital)
 No 10 5.1
 Yes 188 94.9
Specialty of interest among 188 students
 Surgery 58 30.9
 Undecided 34 18.1
 Internal medicine 19 10.1
 Pediatrics 19 10.1
 Dermatology 14 7.4
 Psychiatry 12 6.4
 Family medicine/primary care 8 4.3
 Obstetrics and gynecology 7 3.7
 Orthopedic 5 2.7
 Neurology 4 2.1
 Pathology 4 2.1
 Emergency medicine 3 1.6
 Cardiology 2 1.1
 Forensic 2 1.1
 Geriatrics 2 1.1
 Oncology 2 1.1
 Anesthesiologist 1 0.5
 Microbiology 1 0.5
 Radiology 1 0.5