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Table 2 Impact of Covid-19 on students’ medical specialty preference

From: Covid-19 crisis impact on the next generation of physicians: a survey of 800 medical students

 

Specialty preference prior to Covid-19 outbreak

Specialty preference after Covid-19 outbreak

Chi-square test

Not yet decided

190

188

ns

Surgery

145

122

ns

Intensive care & Emergency medicine

114

144

p = 0.039

General medicine

108

108

ns

Pulmonology / Cardiology

40

35

ns

Infectious diseases

10

15

ns

Other medical specialties

115

110

ns

Paediatrics

48

41

ns

Psychiatry

20

22

ns

Geriatrics

1

5

ns

Radiology

10

11

ns

Medical biology

1

1

ns

  1. Source: Medical students survey data
  2. Students are significantly more likely to prefer intensive care and emergency medicine after their volunteering during the outbreak than before (p < 0.05, Chi-square test)