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

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Table 2 Change in preferred region of practice between CMSQ and EQ

Preference at CMSQ	Elective experience	Preference at EQ		Total (n = 2894)
Preference at CMSQ	Elective experience	Rural	Urban	Total (n = 2894)
Rural	LMIC	66 (41.51 %)	93 (58.49 %)	159
Rural	HIC	244 (49.09 %)	253 (50.91 %)	497
Urban	LMIC	48 (7.84 %)	564 (92.16 %)	612
Urban	HIC	109 (6.70 %)	1517 (93.30 %)	1626

The number and proportion of students that expressed an interest in either rural or urban practice at CMSQ, who completed electives in either HIC or LMIC settings and their subsequent preferred region of practice at EQ. Percentages in parentheses express each number as a proportion of total students in each elective group for each CMSQ preference

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