Positive predictive value of medical student specialty choices

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Table 2 Comparison of Sensitivity and Specificity for inquiries regarding 1st specialty choices at the ends of medical school years 1, 2 and 3

Postgraduate training specialty	End of Year 1 N = 378				End of Year 2 N = 338				End of Year 3 N = 360
Postgraduate training specialty	No. trained in specialty	% Sensitivity	No. not trained in specialty	% Specificity	No. trained in specialty	% Sensitivity	No. not trained in specialty	% Specificity	No. trained in specialty	% Sensitivity	No. not trained in specialty	% Specificity
Anesthesiology	42	10^a	336	98^a	41	15^b	297	98^b	29	79	331	98
Emergency Medicine	43	47^a	335	88^a	41	66^b	297	93^b	36	86	324	98^c
Family Medicine	45	33^a	333	97^a	40	53^b	298	95^b	51	82	309	98^c
Internal Medicine	72	31^a	306	83^a	64	50^b	274	81^b	71	80	289	98
Obstetrics & Gynecology	30	17^a	348	97^a	24	38^b	314	98^b	29	83	331	98
Pediatrics	38	45^a	340	88^a	35	69^b	303	92^b	34	88	326	99
Psychiatry	24	8^a	354	99^a	22	27^b	316	100^b	24	83	336	100^c
Surgery	19	47^a	359	88^a	18	67^b	320	95^b	23	87	337	99^c

P values for significant differences are shown in Additional files: ^aSee Additional file 1: Table S3a, ^bSee Additional file 1: Table S3b, ^cSee Additional file 1: Table S3c

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