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Table 1 Demographics of survey group participants

From: Factors associated with the subspecialty choices of internal medicine residents in Canada

 

Group 1* (N = 49)

Group 2¶ (N = 38)

Group 3§ (N = 23)

P Value

Age

29 (28–30)

28 (27–30)

29 (28–30)

0.2K

Male

38 (78%)

23 (61%)

9 (39%)

0.006X

# Programs Applied to

5

4

1

<0.001K

Graduate degree prior to medical school

14%

11%

21%

0.3X

Degree in same field

29%

50%

20%

0.6X

Research in field during residency

80%

76%

52%

0.04X

Interest in specialty

14%

29%

9%

0.006X

Prior to medical school

38%

42%

43%

 

During medical school

47%

29%

48%

 

During residency

    

Decision on specialty

4%

3%

4%

0.6X

Prior to medical school

22%

8%

15%

 

During medical school

73%

89%

81%

 

During residency

    

Exposed to subspecialty attending physician on CTU during medical school

40%

30%

50%

0.5K

Exposed to subspecialty attending physicians on GIM CTU during residency

50%

22%

44%

0.04K

  1. *Group 1: procedural specialties; ¶Group 2: non-procedural specialties; §Group 3 : non-procedural specialties with declining interest.X P value determined using chi-square test; K P valued determined using kruskal walis test