Table 1 Characteristics of respondents with comparison between internship groups and campus of graduation
Characteristic | Internship Group | Statistic | Campus of Graduation | Statistic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domestic students interning locally (n = 94) | Overseas student interning locally (n = 37) | Overseas student interning internationally (n = 100) | RCSI Dublin graduates (n = 187) | RCSI Bahrain graduates(n = 53) | ||||
Age | 27.5 + 3.6 | 25.9 + 2.4† | 27.2 + 2.4 | F = 4.3, 2df, p = 0.01 | 27.3 + 2.98 | 25.2 + 2.01 | F = 31.1, 1df, p < 0.01 | |
Gender | Male | 41 (43.6 %) | 17 (45.9 %) | 52 (52 %) | Χ2 = 1.3, 2df, p = 0.53 | 92 (49.2 %) | 25 (52.8 %) | P = 0.07, (two sided, Fisher’s exact test) |
Female | 53 (56.4 %) | 20 (54.1 %) | 48 (48 %) | 95 (50.8 %) | 28 (47.2 %) | |||
Program | 4 | 32 (34 %) | 2 (5.4 %) | 24 (24 %) | Χ2 = 18.4, 4df, p < 0.01 | 59 (31.6 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | Χ2 = 27.7, 2df, p < 0.01 |
5 | 34 (36.2 %) | 23 (62.2 %) | 32 (32 %) | 73 (39.0 %) | 21 (39.6 %) | |||
6 | 28 (29.8 %) | 12 (35.7 %) | 44 (44 %) | 55 (29.4 %) | 32 (60.4 %) | |||
Planned for Post Graduate Medical Education | Yes | 27 (31 %) | 20 (55.6 %) | 84 (87.5 %) | Χ2 = 3.2 3df, p = 0.37 | 103 (57.9 %) | 37 (72.5 %) | P = 0.07, (two sided, Fisher’s exact test) |
Nationality | Europe (Ireland) | 68 (73.1 %) | 0 | 0 | Χ2 = 222.4, 10df, p < 0.01 | 68 (36.4 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | Χ2 = 73.8, 6df, p < 0.001 |
Europe (Other) | 0 | 5 (13.5 %) | 10 (10 %) | 12 (6.4 %) | 5 (9.4 %) | |||
Middle East | 25 (26.8 %) | 4 (10.8 %) | 19 (19 %) | 17 (9.1 %) | 30 (56.6 %) | |||
North America | 0 | 7 (18.9 %) | 56 (56 %) | 61 (32.6 %) | 9 (17.0 %) | |||
Africa | 0 | 3 (8.1 %) | 3 (3 %) | 3 (1.6 %) | 3 (5.7 %) | |||
Asia/Pacific | 0 | 15 (40.5 %) | 10 (10 %) | 21(11.2 %) | 1 (1.9 %) | |||
No response | 0 | 3 (8.1 %) | 2 (2 %) | 0 (0.0 % | 0 (0.0 %) | |||
Internship Region | Europe (Ireland) | 69 (74.2 %) | 30 (81.1 %) | 0 (0.0 % | Χ2 = 186.2, 10df, p < 0.01 | 99 (52.9 %) | 0 (0.0 % | Χ2 = 129.0, 6 df, p < 0.01 |
Europe (Other) | 0 | 0 (0.0 % | 14 (14 %) | 10 (5.4 %) | 4 (7.5 %) | |||
Middle East | 24 (25.8 %) | 7 (18.9 %) | 17 (17 %) | 19 (10.2 %) | 34 (64.2 %) | |||
North America | 0 | 0 | 63 (63 %) | 57 (30.5 %) | 6 (11.3 %) | |||
Other | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.0 %) | 2 (1 %) | 9 (17.0 %) | |||
No response | 1 (1.1 %) | 5 (5.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | 0 (0.0 %) | ||||
Career Preference | General Practice | 21 (22.6 %) | 4 (10.8 %) | 21 (21 %) | Χ2 = 20.7, 8df, p < 0.01 | 39 (20.5 %) | 8 (15.1 %) | Χ2 = 2.3, 5df, p = 0.81 |
Medicine and sub-specialties | 26 (28 %) | 6 (16.2 %) | 33 (33 %) | 50 (26.7 %) | 18 (34.0 %) | |||
Surgery and sub-specialitiesa | 14 (15.1 %) | 9 (24.3 %) | 25 (25 %) | 38 (20.3) | 12 (22.6 %) | |||
Pediatrics | 8 (8.6 %) | 10 (27 %) | 6 (6 %) | 19 (10.2 %) | 6 (11.3 %) | |||
Otherb | 23 (24.7 %) | 8 (21.6 %) | 15 (15 %) | 40 (21.4 %) | 9 (17.0 % | |||