Table 4 Results of eight logistic regression models predicting whether a specialty is top three choice for Year 5 students (only factors with p < 0.01 shown)

Anaesthesia

Dundee [ref. Aberdeen]

0.617

1.853 [1.262-2.721]

p = 0.002

Work-life balance not extremely important [ref. Extremely important]

0.421

1.524 [1.111-2.091]

p = 0.009

Emergency medicine

Male gender [ref. Female]

0.647

1.910 [1.429-2.553]

p ≤ 0.001

General practice

Country of birth other [ref. Scotland]

−0.837

0.433 [0.256-0.732]

p = 0.002

Edinburgh [ref. Aberdeen]

−0.577

0.562 [0.366-0.861]

p = 0.008

Male gender [ref. Female]

−0.531

0.588 [0.426-0.812]

p = 0.001

Intellect not extremely important [ref. Extremely important]

0.970

2.638 [1.885-3.692]

p ≤ 0.001

Work-life balance not extremely important [ref. Extremely important]

−1.531

0.216 [0.154-0.303]

p ≤ 0.001

Medical specialities

Country of birth other [ref. Scotland]

0.672

1.957 [1.195-3.207]

p = 0.008

Surgical specialities

Male gender [ref. Female]

1.191

3.291 [2.372-4.568]

p ≤ 0.001

Other ethnicity [ref. White]

0.677

1.968 [1.190-3.255]

p = 0.008

Work-life balance not extremely important [ref. Extremely important]

0.823

2.278 [1.613-3.216]

p ≤ 0.001

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Male gender [ref. Female]

−1.561

.210 [0.133-0.332]

p ≤ 0.001

Paediatrics

Male gender [ref. Female]

−0.853

0.426 [0.295-0.616]

p ≤ 0.001

Diagnostics

Edinburgh [ref. Aberdeen]

−1.109

0.330 [0.155-0.703]

p = 0.004