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 |