Table 3 Medical students’ main insights from the workshop (qualitative analysis complemented by subsequent frequency analysis)
What were the most important insights for you from today’s course? (n = 253) (descending order by frequencies of persons with corresponding statements) | |
|---|---|
Response categories Insights regarding … | Frequencies |
Earning opportunities of different specialties in self-employed settings – in general and compared to hospital | 56.1% (142/253) |
Job satisfaction in different specialties and settings | 27.7% (70/253) |
Working hours and bureaucracy in different specialties and settings | 19.0% (48/253) |
Payment system and structure of revenues and expenditures in self-employed settings | 15.4% (39/253) |
Perception that general practitioners earn good money or earn more money than previously expected | 13.8% (35/253) |
Pros and cons comparison of self-employed setting vs. working in hospital | 6.7% (17/253) |
Particularities of working self-employed in rural areas (e.g., specific financial support, earnings) | 5.1% (13/253) |
Confirmation of the importance of facing these career considerations | 2.4% (6/253) |
Organisational framework conditions of working self-employed | 1.6% (4/253) |
Confirmation of pre-existing career considerations regarding specialty or setting | 1.6% (4/253) |
Personal insight that money is not decisive for career choice | 1.2% (3/253) |
Discovery of new sources of information | 1.2% (3/253) |
Increased attractiveness of working self-employed | 0.8% (2/253) |
Confirmation of pre-existing knowledge | 0.8% (2/253) |
Other (e.g., vague comments that could not be specified any further or individual opinions not answering the question) | 5.9% (15/253) |