Table 2 Female and male students’ career preferences
From: Gender difference in preference of specialty as a career choice among Japanese medical students
Total | Women | Men | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Specialty preference | Choice | N = 368 | N = 141 | N = 227 | |
General medicine/Family medicine | First | 69 (18.8) | 27 (19.1) | 42 (18.5) | 0.695 |
Second | 156 (42.4) | 63 (44.7) | 93 (41.0) | ||
Special Internal medicine | First | 26 (7.1) | 6 (4.3) | 20 (8.8) | 0.172 |
Second | 82 (22.3) | 29 (20.6) | 53 (23.3) | ||
Surgery | First | 35 (9.5) | 6 (4.3) | 29 (12.8) | <0.001 |
Second | 113 (30.7) | 33 (23.4) | 80 (35.2) | ||
Pediatrics | First | 28 (7.6) | 12 (8.5) | 16 (7.0) | 0.038 |
Second | 102 (27.7) | 49 (34.8) | 53 (23.3) | ||
Obstetrics & Gynecology | First | 11 (3.0) | 10 (7.1) | 1 (0.4) | <0.001 |
Second | 44 (12.0) | 28 (19.9) | 16 (7.0) | ||
Emergency medicine | First | 17 (4.6) | 4 (2.8) | 13 (5.7) | 0.436 |
Second | 96 (26.1) | 37 (26.2) | 59 (26.0) | ||
Psychology | First | 8 (2.2) | 4 (2.8) | 4 (1.8) | 0.038 |
Second | 48 (13.0) | 26 (18.4) | 22 (9.7) | ||
Anesthesiology | First | 6 (1.6) | 4 (2.8) | 2 (0.9) | 0.351 |
Second | 46 (12.5) | 17 (12.1) | 29 (12.8) | ||
Orthopedics | First | 14 (3.8) | 0 | 14 (6.2) | <0.001 |
Second | 69 (18.8) | 10 (7.1) | 59 (26.0) | ||
Dermatology | First | 3 (0.8) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.4) | 0.112 |
Second | 32 (8.7) | 17 (12.1) | 15 (6.6) | ||
Ophthalmology | First | 6 (1.6) | 3 (2.1) | 3 (1.3) | 0.531 |
Second | 30 (8.2) | 9 (6.4) | 21 (9.3) | ||
Otolaryngology | First | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.8) | 0.196 |
Second | 26 (7.1) | 8 (5.7) | 18 (7.9) | ||
Urology | First | 12 (3.3) | 3 (2.1) | 9 (4.0) | 0.385 |
Second | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Radiology | First | 5 (1.4) | 4 (2.8) | 1 (0.4) | 0.053 |
Second | 23 (6.3) | 12 (8.5) | 11 (4.8) | ||
Others | First | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 0.350 |
Second | 8 (2.2) | 4 (2.8) | 4 (1.8) |