Table 1.

Choice of medical and surgical specialties after medical school in France

Ranking	Specialty	Mean median rank	2017					2018
			Median rank [IQR]	First	Last	Opened	Unfilled	Median rank [IQR]	First	Last	Opened	Unfilled
1	Infectious and tropical diseases	526.5	402 [179–1146]	1	3709	49	0	651 [154–1690]	1	3209	51	0
2	Ophtalmology	603.75	578 [294–1028]	3	2158	129	0	629 [275–1027]	18	1830	150	0
3	Plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery	723	675 [411–929]	29	1553	27	0	771 [440–1390]	80	2177	29	0
4	Nephrology	734.25	748 [297–1622]	15	4395	76	0	720 [258–2087]	10	3791	80	0
5	Cardiovascular medicine	839.75	795 [364–1532]	4	2887	170	0	884 [407–1637]	23	2678	181	0
6	Dermatology-Venereology	1096	1091 [487–1556]	33	2247	90	0	1101 [482–1459]	11	2448	95	0
7	Radiology and medical imaging	1229	1192 [690–1818]	8	2536	245	0	1266 [667–1923]	3	3076	254	0
8	Hematology	1444	1461 [483–4228]	22	5628	44	0	1427 [539–3546]	86	5790	44	0
9	Oncology	1499.5	1479 [870–2461]	39	4146	117	0	1520 [736–2526]	12	3935	120	0
10	Otorhinolaryngology - Craniofacial surgery	1501	1339 [929–2055]	174	3147	76	0	1663 [999–2344]	56	3254	81	0
11	Neurology	1645	1374 [636–2322]	16	3643	121	0	1916 [723–2981]	5	4280	127	0
12	Neurosurgery	1670.5	1204 [538–2246]	190	3986	21	0	2137 [1039–3724]	228	5595	25	0
13	Maxillofacial surgery	1780.75	2002 [946–2445]	140	2870	24	0	1559 [1133–2043]	311	3250	27	0
14	Intensive care medicine	1811.75	1366 [615–2648]	107	4271	64	0	2257 [832–4177]	49	5318	72	0
15	Hepato-Gastroenterology	1883.75	1720 [771–2697]	71	3971	122	0	2047 [937–2779]	6	4332	128	0
16	Internal medicine and clinical immunology	1898.5	1831 [477–4135]	2	5693	113	0	1966 [652–4059]	7	6801	123	0
17	Orthopedic and trauma surgery	1913.5	1977 [1366–2783]	170	3467	116	0	1850 [1157–2712]	2	3887	121	0
18	Urology	1997.25	2075 [1124–3129]	224	3888	61	0	1919 [906–2966]	44	4088	62	0
19	Rheumatology	2081.5	1916 [1298–2730]	63	4290	83	0	2247 [1524–3171]	94	4159	86	0
20	Anaesthesiology and intensive care	2103.5	2165 [1162–2972]	24	4083	445	0	2042 [1081–2963]	25	4079	465	0
21	Nuclear medicine	2311	2080 [1635–2746]	314	3122	31	0	2542 [1808–3181]	268	3797	33	0
22	Pulmonology	2614	2346 [1400–3531]	129	4624	116	0	2882 [2011–3788]	8	4557	121	0
23	Obstetrics and gynecology	2757	2614 [1849–3474]	204	4538	197	0	2900 [2039–3747]	61	4843	204	0
24	Oral surgery	2808.5	2613 [1986–3013]	1520	3191	12	0	3003 [2115–3258]	1989	4127	12	0
25	Pediatrics	3150.25	2950 [1776–3915]	83	5129	316	0	3350 [1897–4401]	96	6141	330	0
26	Gynecology	3157.25	2985 [2271–3658]	564	4600	64	0	3329 [2390–4279]	347	5331	81	0
27	Pediatric surgery	3184.75	3157 [2574–3606]	701	4103	24	0	3212 [1926–3863]	918	5169	22	0
28	Pathology	3330	2611 [1212–3350]	31	4199	56	0	4049 [2461–4970]	582	5611	60	0
29	Gastro-enterologic surgery	3398.5	3265 [2423–3755]	121	4509	77	0	3532 [2462–4368]	441	5247	80	0
30	Vascular medicine	3678.75	3657 [3116–4115]	735	4635	44	0	3700 [3122–4134]	559	4633	46	0
31	Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery	3761	3804 [2761–4148]	807	4510	25	0	3718 [2482–5094]	217	5624	24	0
32	Vascular surgery	3765	3615 [2740–3942]	640	4439	29	0	3915 [3172–4167]	1980	4505	28	0
33	Endocrinology. diabetes and nutrition	4120.5	4061 [2068–4685]	166	5752	80	0	4180 [3128–5380]	375	6667	82	0
34	Physical medicine and rehabilitation	4236.75	4128 [2695–4968]	569	5926	94	0	4345 [3267–5068]	73	7068	99	0
35	Allergology	4736.5	4478 [3614–5277]	2055	6399	27	0	4995 [3949–5602]	2367	6682	28	0
36	Medical genetics	5354.75	3717 [2120–4737]	582	5801	20	0	6992 [3750–7690]	57	8470	20	0
37	Emergency medicine	5662.75	5454 [4374–6677]	331	8285	460	0	5871 [4631–7120]	1103	8693	469	21
38	Legal medicine and medical jurisprudence	5795.75	5768 [4936–6665]	1187	7441	26	0	5823 [4976–6368]	1500	7618	27	0
39	General medicine	5846	5812 [4346–6969]	50	8372	3132	187	5880 [4401–7140]	62	8706	3268	163
40	Psychiatry	6024.5	5773 [4250–7217]	84	8344	494	8	6276 [4504–7584]	495	8685	528	18
41	Geriatrics	6128	6164 [4714–7550]	275	8371	200	29	6092 [3984–7345]	72	8684	199	36
42	Public Health	6681.5	6256 [4055–7589]	390	8211	84	5	7107 [6325–8179]	1063	8674	90	21
43	Clinical biology	6860.25	6212 [5081–7556]	244	8363	110	0	7508 [6356–8065]	1366	8695	111	20
44	Occupational medicine	7698.5	7572 [6264–8037]	1012	8370	137	48	7825 [6903–8282]	3012	8699	129	48