Table 4 Profile by specialty choice categories with n > 20 responders (n = 184)
GP | Surgery | Medicine | Total | Chi square | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p | |
Total Total | 28 (15) | 61 (33) | 95 (52) | 184 (100) | |
Age 27 years+ | 18 (69) | 19 (34) | 28 (30) | 65 (37) | 0.001 |
Sex Male | 9 (35) | 33 (59) | 36 (39) | 78 (45) | 0.030 |
Debt €10 k or more | 18 (69) | 30 (54) | 44 (47) | 92 (52) | 0.139 |
Study pathway | |||||
Direct Entry Medicine (DEM) | 11 (42) | 36 (64) | 66 (70) | 113 (64) | 0.032 |
Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) | 15 (58) | 20 (36) | 28 (30) | 63 (36) | |
Migration intention | |||||
Remain in Ireland | 16 (57) | 26 (43) | 30 (32) | 72 (39) | 0.041 |
Go abroad (LBR & LP) | 12 (43) | 35 (57) | 65 (68) | 112 (61) | |
“I felt burned out from my work" | |||||
Daily or Weekly | 4 (9) | 13 (30) | 26 (60) | 43 | |
Once a month or less | 23 (17) | 43 (32) | 68 (51) | 134 | |
“I have become more callous toward people since I took this job” | |||||
Daily or weekly | 8 (13) | 22 (36) | 31 (51) | 61 | 0.623 |
Once a month or less | 19 (16) | 34 (29) | 63 (54) | 116 | |
Following rated as Important/Very important | |||||
Own aptitude/skills | 26 (15) | 59 (34) | 91 (52) | 176 | 0.286 |
Work-life balance | 27 (16) | 53 (31) | 91 (53) | 171 | 0.207 |
What I really want to do | 20 (14) | 46 (32) | 77 (54) | 143 | 0.196 |
Intellectual satisfaction | 20 (12) | 55 (33) | 91 (55) | 166 | 0.001 |
Acceptable hours/working conditions | 23 (17) | 38 (28) | 75 (55) | 136 | 0.006 |
Career prospects | 21 (13) | 53 (33) | 86 (54) | 160 | 0.136 |
Self-appraisal of own skills/aptitude | 16 (12) | 42 (33) | 70 (55) | 128 | 0.088 |
Career fitting my domestic circumstances | 23 (19) | 33 (27) | 66 (54) | 122 | 0.006 |
Experience of job so far | 15 (12) | 42 (34) | 65 (53) | 122 | 0.075 |
Career and promotion prospects | 13 (10) | 41 (33) | 70 (56) | 124 | 0.002 |
Availability of career posts | 17 (15) | 36 (31) | 64 (55) | 117 | 0.793 |
Amount of patient contact | 24 (17) | 41 (29) | 77 (54) | 142 | 0.085 |
Availability postgraduate training places | 15 (13) | 37 (33) | 61 (54) | 113 | 0.511 |
Future financial prospects | 17 (16) | 37 (34) | 55 (51) | 109 | 0.583 |
Location and transport | 15 (12) | 41 (34) | 66 (54) | 122 | 0.336 |
Potential earnings | 20 (17) | 40 (33) | 60 (50) | 120 | 0.546 |
A particular teacher/department | 7 (7) | 31 (30) | 64 (63) | 102 | 0.000 |
Experience of subject as a student | 14 (14) | 31 (31) | 54 (54) | 99 | 0.828 |
Advice from others | 9 (10) | 26 (29) | 55 (61) | 90 | 0.025 |
Spouse/Partner’s career | 18 (19) | 36 (37) | 42 (44) | 96 | 0.054 |
Continuity of patient care | 22 (21) | 24 (23) | 57 (55) | 103 | 0.001 |
Current financial debt | 9 (21) | 17 (40) | 17 (40) | 43 | 0.107 |
Inclinations before medical school | 9 (24) | 8 (22) | 20 (54) | 37 | 0.092 |