Table 1 |
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Career Intentions of 300 First-year Medical Students (numbers and percentage choice according to sex, ethnicity and schooling). |
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NUMBERS |
All |
Men |
Women |
Chinese |
Arab |
African |
All Asian |
Caucasian |
Not disclosed |
Post Grad |
Private |
State |
|
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A&E |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Sports Medicine |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Anaesthetics |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pathology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
Psychiatry |
8 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
Obs & Gynae |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Paediatrics |
20 |
2 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
|
General Practice |
32 |
7 |
25 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
17 |
|
Medicine |
66 |
22 |
44 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
21 |
32 |
2 |
12 |
20 |
35 |
|
Don't Know |
67 |
22 |
45 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
22 |
27 |
2 |
10 |
24 |
33 |
|
Surgery |
91 |
58 |
33 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
28 |
39 |
4 |
16 |
38 |
33 |
|
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Totals |
300 |
115 |
185 |
28 |
9 |
20 |
89 |
142 |
12 |
48 |
110 |
142 |
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PERCENT |
All |
Men |
Women |
Chinese |
Arab |
African |
All Asian |
Caucasian |
Not disclosed |
Post Grad |
Private |
State |
|
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A&E |
0.3 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
|
Sports Medicine |
0.3 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
|
Anaesthetics |
0.7 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
|
Pathology |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
0.0 |
|
Psychiatry |
2.7 |
0.9 |
3.8 |
0.0 |
11.1 |
0.0 |
3.4 |
2.1 |
8.3 |
4.2 |
0.9 |
4.9 |
|
Obs & Gynae |
3.0 |
0.9 |
4.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
4.2 |
8.3 |
0.0 |
3.6 |
2.8 |
|
Paediatrics |
6.7 |
1.7 |
9.7 |
10.7 |
11.1 |
10.0 |
2.2 |
7.7 |
8.3 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
7.7 |
|
General Practice |
10.7 |
6.1 |
13.5 |
7.1 |
11.1 |
5.0 |
12.4 |
12.0 |
8.3 |
6.3 |
10.0 |
12.0 |
|
Medicine |
22.0 |
19.1 |
23.8 |
17.9 |
22.2 |
30.0 |
23.6 |
22.5 |
16.7 |
25.0 |
18.2 |
24.6 |
|
Don't Know |
22.3 |
19.1 |
24.3 |
25.0 |
22.2 |
25.0 |
24.7 |
19.0 |
16.7 |
20.8 |
21.8 |
23.2 |
|
Surgery |
30.3 |
50.4 |
17.8 |
39.3 |
22.2 |
30.0 |
31.5 |
27.5 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
34.5 |
23.2 |
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Totals |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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Data used to derive chi-squared values. |
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Fysh et al. BMC Medical Education 2007 7:2 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-7-2 |
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