Specialty preference and intentions to study abroad of Syrian medical students during the crisis

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Factors associated with participants’ interest in specializing abroad

	P-value	AOR	95% C.I. for AOR
	P-value	AOR	Lower	Upper
Gender
Female (ref.)
Male	0.034^*	1.893	1.049	3.419
Current university	0.955
Damascus University (ref.)
Syrian Private University	0.762	0.896	0.441	1.821
University of Kalamoon	0.905	0.952	0.425	2.132
Year of study	0.240
Fourth (ref.)
Fifth	0.311	1.547	0.664	3.603
Sixth	0.782	0.892	0.399	1.997
Ranking estimation based on medical school grades	0.417
In the lower third of students (ref.)
In the middle third of students	0.187	0.562	0.239	1.322
In the higher third of students	0.367	0.640	0.242	1.689
Nationality	0.449
Syrian nationality (ref.)
Both Syrian and non-Syrian nationality	0.926	1.048	0.388	2.834
Non-Syrian nationality	0.206	2.801	0.568	13.805
Financial status	0.421
Bad (ref.)
Below average	0.682	0.659	0.089	4.856
Average	0.797	1.286	0.190	8.710
Good	0.520	1.914	0.264	13.855
Excellent	0.702	1.502	0.187	12.064
Residence
Countryside (ref.)
City	0.870	1.056	0.549	2.032
Marital status	0.106
Single (ref.)
In a relationship	0.323	1.460	0.689	3.097
Married	0.075	0.268	0.063	1.144
Had clinical training abroad	> 0.001^*
No, and not planning to do so (ref.)
No, but planning to do so	> 0.001^*	9.273	4.291	20.040
Yes	0.100	3.058	0.806	11.599
Have relatives or friends who are living abroad and would help specializing abroad
No (ref.)
Yes	0.002^*	2.617	1.427	4.799
Encouraged by university professors to specialize abroad
No (ref.)
Yes	0.168	1.609	0.819	3.161
Have university professors who would help specializing abroad
No (ref.)
Yes	0.495	0.746	0.321	1.732
Constant	0.767	0.726

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