The influence of international medical electives on career preference for primary care and rural practice

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Change in preferred training program between CMSQ and EQ

Preference at CMSQ	Elective experience	Preference at EQ		Total (n = 2213)
Preference at CMSQ	Elective experience	Primary care	Specialty	Total (n = 2213)
Primary care	LMIC	25 (40.32 %)	37 (59.68 %)	62
Primary care	HIC	104 (42.11 %)	143 (57.89 %)	247
Specialist	LMIC	43 (11.81 %)	321 (88.19 %)	364
Specialist	HIC	117 (10.23 %)	1027 (89.77 %)	1144
Undecided	LMIC	17 (17.00 %)	83 (83.00 %)	100
Undecided	HIC	60 (20.27 %)	236 (79.73 %)	296

The number and proportion of students that expressed an interest in either primary care, specialty training, or were undecided at CMSQ, who completed electives in either HIC or LMIC settings and their subsequent preferred training program at EQ. Percentages in parentheses express each number as a proportion of students in each elective group for each CMSQ preference

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