Table 2 Specialty preferences among medical students by gender and ranking of choices
From: Medical students’ choices of specialty in The Gambia: the need for career counseling
Female (n = 58 54.7 %) | Male (n = 48 45.3 %) | |||||||||||||||
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Total (n = 106) | Total | First Choice | Second Choice | Third Choice | Total | First Choice | Second Choice | Third Choice | ||||||||
Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Surgery | 33 | 56.9 | 13 | 21.4 | 9 | 15.5 | 11 | 19.0 | 33 | 68.8 | 17 | 35.4 | 9 | 18.8 | 7 | 14.6 |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | 43 | 74.1 | 21 | 36.2 | 14 | 24.4 | 8 | 13.8 | 22 | 45.8 | 3 | 6.3 | 11 | 22.9 | 8 | 16.7 |
Pediatrics | 34 | 58.6 | 12 | 20.7 | 16 | 27.6 | 6 | 10.3 | 21 | 43.8 | 2 | 4.2 | 11 | 22.9 | 8 | 16.7 |
Internal medicine | 24 | 41.4 | 6 | 10.3 | 9 | 15.5 | 9 | 15.5 | 39 | 81.3 | 17 | 35.4 | 12 | 25.0 | 10 | 20.8 |
Psychiatry | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 4 | 8.3 | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.2 |
Orthopedics | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.2 | 4 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.3 |
Ophthalmology | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.9 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 |
Dermatology | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 |
Anesthesiology | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 |
Radiology | 3 | 5.2 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 3 | 6.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 |
Public Health | 15 | 25.9 | 3 | 5.2 | 5 | 8.6 | 7 | 12.1 | 8 | 16.7 | 4 | 8.3 | 2 | 4.2 | 2 | 4.2 |
Family Medicine | 4 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.2 | 3 | 6.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 |
Basic sciences | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.2 |
Ear, Nose and Throat | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |