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Table 5 Preferred geographic location of future medical practice

From: The medical schools outcomes database project: Australian medical student characteristics

 

CMSQ

EQ

N = 22,126 (%)

N = 8509 (%)

Capital City

12973 (61.9)

5405 (67.6)

Major Urban centre (>100,000)

2383 (11.4)

1202 (15.0)

Regional city or large town (25,000 – 100,000)

2316 (11.0)

898 (11.2)

Smaller town (10,000 – 24,999)

1060 (5.0)

281 (3.5)

Small community (<10,000)

651 (3.1)

87 (1.1)

Not intending to work in Australia Missing

1586 (7.6)

130 (1.6)

1157

506

  1. Percentages are expressed as percentage of valid responses (i.e. excluding missing responses).