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Factors influencing specialty preferences among medical students at Jordan University of Science and Technology according to gender. |
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| Male (n = 280) n (%) |
Female (n = 160) n (%) |
Total N (%) |
P-value * |
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| Hours of practice |
41 (14.6) |
34 (21.3) |
75 (17.0) |
0.076 |
| On-call schedule |
29 (10.4) |
32 (20.0) |
61 (13.9) |
0.005 |
| Flexibility of specialty |
127 (45.4) |
57 (35.6) |
184 (41.8) |
0.046 |
| Interaction with physicians |
132 (47.1) |
67 (41.9) |
199 (45.2) |
0.286 |
| Specialty reputation |
183 (65.4) |
76 (47.5) |
259 (58.9) |
0.000 |
| Duration of residency program |
60 (21.4) |
41 (25.6) |
101 (23.0) |
0.314 |
| Work pressure |
71 (25.4) |
34 (21.3) |
105 (23.9) |
0.331 |
| Interest in research |
118 (42.1) |
53 (33.1) |
171 (38.9) |
0.062 |
| Interest in long term relations with patients |
96 (34.3) |
62 (38.8) |
158 (35.9) |
0.348 |
| Physician-patient interaction |
32 (11.4) |
17 (10.6) |
49 (11.1) |
0.797 |
| Diversity of patients |
131 (46.8) |
72 (45.0) |
203 (46.1) |
0.718 |
| Anticipated income |
183 (65.4) |
72 (45.0) |
255 (58.0) |
0.000 |
| Focus on community health |
78 (27.9) |
72 (45.0) |
150 (34.1) |
0.000 |
| Focus on urgent care |
163 (58.2) |
78 (48.8) |
241 (54.8) |
0.055 |
| Curriculum |
102 (36.4) |
68 (42.5) |
170 (38.6) |
0.208 |
| Intellectual content of the specialty |
239 (85.4) |
132 (82.5) |
371 (84.3) |
0.428 |
| Individual's competencies |
185 (66.1) |
96 (60.0) |
281 (63.9) |
0.202 |
| Emulate a physician |
119 (42.5) |
65 (40.6) |
184 (41.8) |
0.701 |
| Advice from faculty |
31 (11.1) |
18 (11.3) |
49 (11.1) |
0.954 |
| Advice from friends |
36 (12.9) |
13 (8.1) |
49 (11.1) |
0.129 |
| Advice from parents |
93 (33.2) |
60 (37.5) |
153 (34.8) |
0.364 |
| Advice from practicing physicians |
73 (26.1) |
45 (28.1) |
118 (26.8) |
0.640 |
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* Chi-square test for the difference between males and females | ||||
Khader et al. BMC Medical Education 2008 8:32 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-32 |
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