Table 1 Baseline characteristics and publication achievements of medical graduates’ classes of year 1993 and 2003 comparing those who never published to those published at least once, and within those who published comparing early vs. late publication
Characteristic | All graduates n = 532 | Published at least once n = 405 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never published (N = 127) | Published at least once (N = 405) | P-value | Early publication (N = 185) | Late publication (N = 220) | P value | |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 60 (28.3%) | 152 (71.7%) | 0.051 | 59 (38.8%) | 93 (61.2%) | 0.032 |
Male | 67 (20.9%) | 253 (79.1%) | 126 (49.8%) | 127 (50.2%) | ||
Any specialty | ||||||
Yes | 106 (21.6%) | 385 (78.4%) | < 0.001 | 174 (45.2%) | 211 (54.8%) | 0.391 |
No | 21 (51.2%) | 20 (48.8%) | 11 (55.0%) | 9 (45.0%) | ||
Number of specialities | ||||||
0 | 21 (51.2%) | 20 (48.8%) | < 0.001 | 11(55.0%) | 9 (45.0%) | 0.761 |
1 | 86 (26.3%) | 241 (73.7%) | 108 (44.8%) | 133 (55.2%) | ||
2 | 19 (12.1%) | 138 (87.9%) | 64 (46.4%) | 74 (53.6%) | ||
3 | 1 (14.3%) | 6 (85.9%) | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | ||
Type of specialitya | ||||||
Surgical | 23 (13.1%) | 153 (86.9%) | < 0.001 | 70 (45.8%) | 83 (54.2%) | 0.982 |
Medical | 104 (29.2%) | 252 (70.8%) | 115 (45.6%) | 137 (54.4%) | ||
Managerial position | ||||||
Yes | 9 (7.4%) | 113 (92.6%) | < 0.001 | 51 (45.1%) | 62 (54.9%) | 0.891 |
No | 118 (28.8%) | 292 (71.2%) | 134 (45.9%) | 158 (54.1%) | ||