Future medical student practice intentions: the South Africa experience

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Intended community size compared to home community size and future specialty

	Less Urban		Same Size		More Urban		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Year 1
Primary Care	12	16%	29	40%	32	44%	73
Family Medicine	9	27%	11	33%	13	39%	33
Non-Primary Care	16	11%	60	42%	67	47%	143
Undecided	6	20%	9	30%	15	50%	30
Year 4
Primary Care	12	21%	22	39%	23	40%	57
Family Medicine	4	21%	6	32%	9	47%	19
Non-Primary Care	12	19%	29	46%	22	35%	63
Undecided	4	14%	18	64%	6	21%	28
Year 6
Primary Care	4	8%	23	43%	26	16%	53
Family Medicine	0	0%	5	83%	1	17%	6
Non-Primary Care	13	20%	23	35%	30	45%	66
Undecided	6	18%	17	50%	11	32%	34

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