Table 1.
Trends in early first choices for eventual career in dermatology: percentages of doctors who specified dermatology at years 1, 3, and 5 after graduation.
| Year after graduation | Cohorts (years of graduation) | Statistical tests | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974–83 N (%) |
1993–2002 N (%) |
2005–15 N (%) |
All cohorts N (%) |
Linear trend (χ21, p) |
Heterogeneity (χ22, p) |
|
| Men and women | ||||||
| Year 1 | 88 (0.8) | 133 (0.9) | 263 (1.7) | 484 (1.2) | 41.8, <0.001 | 48.7, <0.001 |
| Year 3 | 98 (1.0) | 169 (1.2) | 90 (1.1) | 357 (1.1) | 0.64, 0.42 | 2.41, 0.29 |
| Year 5 | 65 (0.9) | 121 (0.9) | 34 (0.7) | 220 (0.9) | 1.06, 0.3 | 1.76, 0.41 |
| Men | ||||||
| Year 1 | 32 (0.5) | 35 (0.6) | 49 (0.8) | 116 (0.6) | 7.4, 0.006 | 8.07, 0.018 |
| Year 3 | 47 (0.8) | 54 (0.9) | 18 (0.6) | 119 (0.8) | 0.23, 0.62 | 2.11, 0.34 |
| Year 5 | 33 (0.7) | 44 (0.8) | 10 (0.6) | 87 (0.7) | 0.09, 0.75 | 0.61, 0.73 |
| Women | ||||||
| Year 1 | 56 (1.5) | 98 (1.3) | 214 (2.1) | 368 (1.7) | 12.3, <0.001 | 21.06, <0.001 |
| Year 3 | 51 (1.5) | 115 (1.5) | 72 (1.4) | 238 (1.5) | 0.03, 0.85 | 0.09, 0.95 |
| Year 5 | 32 (1.4) | 77 (1.1) | 24 (0.8) | 133 (1.0) | 3.85, 0.05 | 3.87, 0.14 |