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Table 2 Career sector and specialty intentions of MD, MD-RI or MD/PhD trainees

From: Exploring intentions of physician-scientist trainees: factors influencing MD and MD/PhD interest in research careers

 

Total, n (% of 1103)

MD/PhD, n (% of 226)

MD-RI,

n (% of 184)

MD, n (% of 693)

P value

Sectora

 Academia

845 (76.6%)

213 (94.2%)

162 (88.0%)

470 (67.8%)

<.001

 Private practice

490 (44.4%)

40 (17.7%)

72 (39.1%)

378 (54.5%)

<.001

 Consulting

166 (15.0%)

50 (22.1%)

28 (15.2%)

88 (12.7%)

<.01

 Industry

143 (13.0%)

58 (25.7%)

18 (9.8%)

67 (9.7%)

<.001

Career Intentiona

     

 Clinical duties

870 (78.9%)

172 (76.1%)

151 (82.1%)

547 (78.9%)

>.05

 Education

660 (59.8%)

143 (63.3%)

128 (69.6%)

389 (56.1%)

<.01

 Clinical research

534 (48.4%)

84 (37.2%)

124 (67.4%)

326 (47.0%)

<.001

 Translational research

323 (29.3%)

154 (68.1%)

72 (39.1%)

97 (14.0%)

<.001

 Advocacy

308 (27.9%)

44 (19.5%)

63 (34.2%)

201 (29.0%)

<.01

 Administration

252 (22.8%)

55 (24.3%)

57 (31.0%)

140 (20.2%)

<.01

 Basic research

188 (17.0%)

134 (59.3%)

27 (14.7%)

27 (3.9%)

<.001

Specialtyb

     

 Allergy and Immunology

14 (1.3%)

8 (3.5%)

4 (2.2%)

2 (.03%)

<.001 c

 Anesthesiology

77 (7.0%)

16 (7.1%)

9 (4.9%)

52 (7.5%)

>.05

 Colon and Rectal Surgery

2 (0.2%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.1%)

>.05c

 Dermatology

68 (6.2%)

19 (8.4%)

12 (6.5%)

37 (5.3%)

>.05

 Emergency Medicine

160 (14.5%)

15 (6.6%)

31 (16.8%)

114 (16.5%)

<.001

 Family Medicine

96 (8.7%)

2 (0.9%)

14 (7.6%)

80 (11.5%)

<.001

 Internal Medicine

435 (39.4%)

107 (47.3%)

82 (44.6%)

246 (35.5%)

<.01

 Medical Genetics

13 (1.2%)

9 (4.0%)

1 (0.5%)

3 (0.4%)

<.001

 Neurological Surgery

17 (1.5%)

0 (−-)

5 (2.7%)

12 (1.7%)

<.05 c

 Neurology

88 (8.0%)

41 (18.1%)

13 (7.1%)

34 (4.9%)

<.001

 Nuclear Medicine

1 (0.1%)

0 (−-)

0 (−-)

1 (0.1%)

>.05c

 Obstetrics and Gynecology

73 (6.6%)

7 (3.1%)

15 (8.2%)

51 (7.4%)

>.05

 Ophthalmology

56 (5.1%)

14 (6.2%)

10 (5.4%)

32 (4.6%)

>.05

 Orthopaedic Surgery

61 (5.5%)

5 (2.2%)

12 (6.5%)

44 (6.3%)

<.05

 Otolaryngology

33 (3.0%)

1 (0.4%)

7 (3.8%)

25 (3.6)

<.05

 Pathology

56 (5.1%)

45 (19.9%)

2 (1.1%)

9 (1.3%)

<.001

 Pediatrics

220 (19.9%)

46 (20.4%)

33 (17.9%)

141 (20.3%)

>.05

 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

11 (1.0%)

1 (0.4%)

2 (1.1%)

8 (1.2%)

>.05c

 Plastic Surgery

31 (2.8%)

5 (2.2%)

6 (3.3%)

20 (2.9%)

>.05

 Preventative Medicine

16 (1.5%)

0 (−-)

6 (3.3%)

10 (1.4%)

<.05 c

 Psychiatry

69 (6.3%)

20 (8.8%)

14 (7.6%)

35 (5.1%)

>.05

 Radiation Oncology

36 (3.3%)

15 (6.6%)

11 (6.0%)

10 (1.4%)

<.001

 Radiology

77 (7.0%)

19 (8.4%)

20 (10.9%)

38 (5.5%)

<.05

 Surgery

120 (10.9%)

8 (3.5%)

21 (11.4%)

91 (13.1%)

<.001

 Thoracic Surgery

14 (1.3%)

0 (−-)

1 (0.5%)

13 (1.9%)

>.05c

 Urology

29 (2.6%)

5 (2.2%)

7 (3.8%)

17 (2.5%)

>.05

  1. aRespondents could select all applicable choices, will not sum to 100%
  2. bRespondents could select up to TWO choices, will not sum to 100%
  3. cFisher's Exact calculated due to minimum cell count violations
  4. bolded are statistically significant
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