Variable | Descriptive statistics (percentages) | |||||
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Stability of choice from year 4 to foundation year 2 | 50/77 (65) same specialty | 27/77 (35) different specialty | ||||
Confident preferred specialty ‘right for me’ | 22/77 (29) very confident | 42/77 (55) confident | 10/77 (13) neutral | 2/77 (3) unconfident | 1/77 (1) very unconfident | |
Confident will get a job in preferred specialty | 3/77 (4) very confident | 35/77 (46) confident | 31/77 (40) neutral | 8/77 (10) unconfident | 0/77 (0) very unconfident | |
Confident will get a job in any specialty (missing = 1) | 7/77 (9) very confident | 36/77 (47) confident | 28/77 (36) neutral | 5/77 (7) unconfident | 0/77 (0) very unconfident | |
Considered leaving medicine in the past year (missing = 2) | 41/105 (39) never | 40/105 (39) once or twice | 15/105 (15) monthly | 5/105 (5) weekly | 2/105 (2) daily | |
Specialty choice and favourite medical school placement | 48/77 (62) same specialty | 29/77 (38) different specialty | ||||
Specialty choice and worst medical school placement | 2/77 (3) same specialty | 75/77 (97) different specialty | ||||
When first considered specialty (missing = 2) | 9/77 (12) before medical school | 42/77 (54) medical school | 17/77 (22) Foundation Year 1 | 7/77 (9) Foundation Year 2 | n/a | |
When definitely decided on specialty | 1/77 (1) before medical school | 12/77 (16) medical school | 29/77 (38) Foundation Year 1 | 27/77 (35) Foundation Year 2 | 8/77 (10) still undecided | |
Dissuaded from entering a specialty by experiences in the specialty (missing = 2) | 13/105 (13) definitely not dissuaded | 27/105 (26) probably not dissuaded | 8/105 (8) uncertain | 32/105(31) probably dissuaded | 23/105 (22) definitely dissuaded |