Table 3.1.
Frequency distribution of "statements for" a career in medicine (n = 1,640) given by residents of Internal medicine (n = 197), Surgical specialities (n = 106), High-technology medicine (n = 51), Paediatrics (n = 48), Psychiatry (n = 27), other specialities (n = 53), and residents not yet decided (n = 85)
| Statements for a career in medicine | ||||||||
| Category |
Internal medicine n (%) |
Surgical specialities n (%) |
High-technology medicine n (%) |
Paediatrics n (%) |
Psychiatry n (%) |
Other specialities n (%) |
Not yet decided n (%) |
p |
| Personal experiences in day-to-day working life | 242 (42.1) | 126 (41.9) | 63 (42.6) | 56 (40.3) | 34 (43.0) | 55 (35.7) | 100 (41.0) | n.s. |
| Interpersonal experiences in professional relationships | 171 (29.7) | 87 (28.9) | 34 (23.0) | 47 (33.8) | 26 (32.9) | 41 (26.6) | 51 (20.9) | n.s. |
| General work-related structural conditions | 53 (9.2) | 20 (6.6) | 13 (8.8) | 9 (6.5) | 6 (7.6) | 21 (13.6) | 30 (12.3) | n.s. |
| Further training and speciality qualification conditions | 35 (6.1) | 19 (6.3) | 14 (9.5) | 10 (7.2) | 4 (5.1) | 14 (9.1) | 26 (10.7) | n.s. |
| Enjoyment/Meaning | 27 (4.7) | 23 (7.6) | 9 (6.1) | 11 (7.9) | 3 (3.8) | 11 (7.1) | 9 (3.7) | n.s. |
| Social prestige and health-policy aspects | 20 (3.5) | 14 (4.7) | 5 (3.4) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (3.8) | 6 (3.9) | 8 (3.3) | n.s. |
| Income | 9 (1.6) | 3 (1.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.5) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.2) | 1) |
| Leisure/Private life | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 15 (6.1) | 1) |
| Not codable | 18 (3.1) | 9 (3.0) | 8 (5.4) | 4 (2.9) | 1 (1.3) | 5 (3.2) | 2 (0.8) | n.s. |
| Total | 575 (100.0) | 301 (100.0) | 148 (100.0) | 139 (100.0) | 79 (100.0) | 154 (100.0) | 244 (100.0) | |
1) Computation of Chi2 is not calculable because the total is too low (n = 1)