Table 4.2.
Frequency distribution of "statements against" a career in medicine (n = 1,703 responses) given by 442 residents who would go into medicine again and 117 residents who would not, as well as by 8 residents not giving a response.
| Statements against a career in medicine | ||||
| Category |
Statements of residents who would go into medicine again n (%) |
Statements of residents who would not go into medicine again n (%) |
No response in terms of choosing medicine again or not n (%) |
p |
| Personal experiences in day-to-day working life | 143 (11.0) | 52 (13.8) | 9 (39.1) | <0.05 |
| Interpersonal experiences in professional relationships | 84 (6.5) | 29 (7.7) | 1 (4.3) | n.s. |
| General work-related structural conditions | 418 (32.1) | 119 (31.5) | 4 (17.4) | n.s. |
| Further training and speciality qualification conditions | 104 (8.0) | 34 (9.0) | 1 (4.3) | n.s. |
| Enjoyment/Meaning | 4 (0.3) | 5 (1.3) | 1 (4.3) | <0.05 |
| Social prestige and health- policy aspects | 285 (21.9) | 68 (18.0) | 2 (8.7) | n.s. |
| Income | 153 (11.8) | 42 (11.1) | 3 (13.0) | n.s. |
| Leisure/Private life | 109 (8.4) | 27 (7.1) | 2 (8.7) | n.s. |
| Not codable | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | n.s. |
| Total | 1302 (100.0) | 378 (100.0) | 23 (100.0) | |
1) Computation of Chi2 is not calculable because the total is too low (n = 1)