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Frequency distribution of "statements against" a career in medicine (n = 1,703) given by residents of Internal medicine (n = 197), Surgical specialities (n = 106), High-technology medicine (n = 51), Paediatrics (n = 48), Psychiatry (n = 27), other specialities (n = 53), and residents not yet decided (n = 85) |
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| Statements against a career in medicine |
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| Category |
Internal medicine n (%) |
Surgical specialities n (%) |
High-technology medicine n (%) |
Paediatrics n (%) |
Psychiatry n (%) |
Other specialities n (%) |
Not yet decided n (%) |
p |
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| Personal experiences in day-to-day working life |
83 (14.3) |
29 (9.0) |
17 (11.3) |
15 (10.4) |
10 (12.7) |
15 (9.2) |
35 (13.3) |
n.s. |
| Interpersonal experiences in professional relationships |
32 (5.5) |
24 (7.4) |
11 (7.3) |
16 (11.1) |
4 (5.1) |
12 (7.4) |
15 (5.7) |
n.s. |
| General work-related structural conditions |
182 (31.4) |
109 (33.6) |
38 (25.3) |
51 (35.4) |
21 (26.6) |
48 (29.4) |
92 (35.0) |
n.s. |
| Further training and speciality qualification conditions |
36 (6.2) |
32 (9.9) |
18 (12.0) |
6 (4.2) |
14 (17.7) |
13 (8.0) |
20 (7.6) |
0.01 |
| Enjoyment/Meaning |
3 (0.5) |
1 (0.3) |
1 (0.7) |
1 (0.7) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.6) |
3 (1.1) |
1) |
| Social prestige and health-policy aspects |
130 (22.4) |
59 (18.2) |
29 (19.3) |
22 (15.3) |
17 (21.5) |
43 (26.4) |
55 (20.9) |
n.s. |
| Income |
63 (10.9) |
47 (14.5) |
16 (10.7) |
20 (13.9) |
9 (11.4) |
24 (14.7) |
19 (7.2) |
n.s. |
| Leisure/Private life |
50 (8.6) |
22 (6.8) |
20 (13.3) |
13 (9.0) |
3 (3.8) |
7 (4.3) |
23 (8.7) |
n.s. |
| Not codable |
1 (0.2) |
1 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (1.3) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
n.s. |
| Total |
580 (100.0) |
324 (100.0) |
150 (100.0) |
144 (100.0) |
79 (100.0) |
163 (100.0) |
263 (100.0) |
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1) Computation of Chi2 is not calculable because the total is too low (n = 1) | ||||||||
Buddeberg-Fischer et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:98 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-98 |
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