Table 2.
|
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pediatrics | Pediatrics | Anesthesiology | Anesthesiology | General | General | |
|
|
|
|
|
Surgery |
Surgery |
Interesting and challenging specialty |
38% |
53%* |
45% |
42% |
73% |
51%* |
Advanced specialty |
34% |
37% |
39% |
48% |
37% |
33% |
Boring specialty |
31% |
12%* |
37% |
34% |
11% |
16% |
Stressful specialty |
27% |
26% |
70% |
78% |
95% |
94% |
Affords a controllable lifestyle |
62% |
64% |
28% |
20% |
0% |
0% |
Possibility to work limited hours |
56% |
50% |
21% |
14% |
1% |
3% |
Allows for family time |
60% |
62% |
29% |
18% |
0% |
0% |
Long working hours |
30% |
21% |
57% |
67%* |
99% |
96% |
Prestigious specialty (population) |
30% |
36% |
5% |
4% |
75% |
80% |
Prestigious specialty (colleagues) |
17% |
13% |
10% |
11% |
50% |
43% |
Opportunity for private practice |
59% |
58% |
18% |
22% |
51% |
42% |
High salary |
23% |
21% |
19% |
22% |
30% |
33% |
Reasonable ratio of lifestyle to income |
57% |
58% |
22% |
19% |
4% |
8% |
Academic opportunities |
50% |
41% |
45% |
47% |
63% |
55% |
Specialty in crisis |
8% |
6% |
97% |
96% |
81% |
68% |
Specialty other students positively consider |
69% |
66% |
0% |
1%* |
7% |
5% |
Specialty I am positively considering |
24% |
45%* |
14% |
5%* |
32% |
9%* |
|
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
|
Orthopedic |
Orthopedic |
Obstetrics/ |
Obstetrics/ |
Family |
Family |
|
Surgery |
Surgery |
Gynecology |
Gynecology |
Medicine |
Medicine |
Interesting and challenging specialty |
53% |
30%* |
64% |
78%* |
22% |
27%* |
Advanced specialty |
58% |
46%* |
63% |
76%* |
22% |
23% |
Boring specialty |
23% |
36% |
7% |
8% |
52% |
44%* |
Stressful specialty |
51% |
45% |
78% |
83% |
13% |
14%* |
Affords a controllable lifestyle |
14% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
96% |
95% |
Possibility to work limited hours |
9% |
10% |
10% |
13% |
90% |
93% |
Allows for family time |
11% |
9% |
6% |
8% |
91% |
94% |
Long working hours |
79% |
72% |
83% |
88% |
6% |
5% |
Prestigious specialty (population) |
48% |
50% |
64% |
78%* |
6% |
9% |
Prestigious specialty (colleagues) |
34% |
35% |
53% |
69%* |
3% |
1% |
Opportunities for private practice |
87% |
78% |
92% |
87% |
36% |
37% |
High salary |
80% |
77% |
87% |
69% |
30% |
31% |
Reasonable ratio of lifestyle to income |
55% |
51% |
48% |
42% |
78% |
77% |
Academic opportunities |
48% |
45% |
79% |
76% |
9% |
10% |
Specialty in crisis |
3% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
17% |
15% |
Specialty other students positively consider |
58% |
44%* |
75% |
78% |
27% |
36%* |
Specialty I am positively considering | 28% | 6%* | 32% | 36% | 13% | 25%* |
* vs males p <0.05.
Values are the percentage of agree/highly agree answers on a 5 point-Likert Scale.