Table 6 Factors related to ‘not choosing a specialty’ (0 = no specialty chosen; 1 = specialty chosen)

(reference: 2007 cohort)

2008 cohort

−0.99 (−2.84, 0.17)

0.95

0.093

0.091

0.37

Personality

Neuroticism

−0.10 (−0.51, 0.183)

0.18

0.435

0.484

0.90

Agreeableness

0.53 (0.17, 1.20)*

0.30

0.021

0.028

1.69

Conscientiousness

0.40 (0.11, 0.86)*

0.20

0.005

0.004

1.49

(1 = monthly or less; 2 = once or twice; 3 = never)

Satisfaction (frequency considered leaving medicine in the past year)

0.55 (−0.59, 1.68)

0.56

0.169

0.253

1.73

Constant

−10.31 (−23.77, 0.91)

6.230

0.017

0.037

0.00