Table 2.
First preference for specialization as distributed by gender
| 1st Specialty | Male | Female | OR (95 % CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | p-value | ||
| Anaesthesia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.06 | N/A | |
| Academic medicine | 2 | 2.63 | 2 | 2.53 | 0.96 (0.13-7.00) | 0.969 |
| Basic science | 1 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
| ENT | 1 | 1.32 | 6 | 7.59 | 6.16 (0.72-52.4) | 0.096 |
| Family medicine/GP | 1 | 1.32 | 2 | 2.53 | 1.94 (0.17-21.94 | 0.589 |
| Internal Medicine | 10 | 13.16 | 13 | 16.46 | 1.3 (0.53-3.17) | 0.564 |
| Obs/Gyn | 18 | 23.68 | 9 | 11.39 | 0.41 (0.17-0.99) | a0.044 |
| Ophthalmology | 2 | 2.63 | 4 | 5.06 | 1.97 (0.35-11.10) | 0.441 |
| Orthopaedics | 14 | 18.42 | 1 | 1.27 | 0.05 (0.01-0.44) | a0.006 |
| Paediatrics | 2 | 2.63 | 15 | 18.99 | 8.67 (1.91-39.30) | a0.005 |
| Pathology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.27 | N/A | |
| Public health | 2 | 2.63 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.46 (0.23-8.99) | 0.681 |
| Radiology | 2 | 2.63 | 5 | 6.33 | 2.5 (0.47-13.29) | 0.382 |
| Surgery | 17 | 22.37 | 7 | 8.86 | 0.33 (0.13-0.86) | a0.020 |
| Psychiatry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |
| Not decided | 4 | 5.26 | 6 | 7.59 | 1.48 (0.47-5.46) | 0.555 |
| Non-medical (leave medicine) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.27 | N/A | |
| Total | 76 | 100 | 79 | 100 | ||
asignificant at alpha level 0.05, N/A not applicable, n number of students who selected a particular specialty with % proportion
Odds Ratio indicated as female: male