Attractiveness of medical disciplines amongst Swiss first-year medical students allocated to different medical education tracks: cross-sectional study

Markun, Stefan; Tandjung, Ryan; Rosemann, Thomas; Scherz, Nathalie; Senn, Oliver

doi:10.1186/s12909-022-03313-x

Table 2 Linear models predicting attractiveness ratings of different medical specialties

From: Attractiveness of medical disciplines amongst Swiss first-year medical students allocated to different medical education tracks: cross-sectional study

	general practice			gynecologist/pediatrics			outpatient care: subspecialty			inpatient care: general internist
	Estimate	Std. Error	p	Estimate	Std. Error	p	Estimate	Std. Error	P	Estimate	Std. Error	p
Intercept	1.98	0.76	0.010	−0.96	0.80	0.229	−0.50	0.69	0.469	0.51	0.76	0.497
ET score	0.00	0.01	0.773	0.01	0.01	0.202	0.00	0.01	0.631	0.00	0.01	0.720
sex female	0.00	0.11	0.983	0.63	0.12	< 0.001	−0.08	0.10	0.430	0.02	0.11	0.851
age	−0.09	0.02	< 0.001	−0.02	0.02	0.340	0.03	0.02	0.127	−0.03	0.02	0.263
financial success	−0.08	0.07	0.258	−0.08	0.07	0.249	0.14	0.06	0.026	0.01	0.07	0.831
career opportunities	−0.41	0.08	< 0.001	−0.08	0.08	0.332	0.09	0.07	0.195	−0.02	0.08	0.797
autonomy	0.16	0.07	0.029	−0.05	0.08	0.520	0.01	0.07	0.852	0.04	0.07	0.613
having medical tasks	−0.15	0.08	0.060	−0.02	0.08	0.818	−0.04	0.07	0.575	0.15	0.08	0.054
part time working	0.12	0.05	0.030	0.18	0.06	< 0.001	0.04	0.05	0.465	0.12	0.05	0.023
political environment	−0.22	0.06	< 0.001	− 0.01	0.07	0.910	0.05	0.06	0.371	−0.03	0.06	0.598
relationship to patients	0.20	0.07	0.003	0.14	0.07	0.043	0.01	0.06	0.876	−0.12	0.07	0.075
reputation	0.12	0.07	0.072	0.00	0.07	0.978	−0.03	0.06	0.575	−0.08	0.07	0.218
	inpatient care: subspecialty			academic			industry
	Estimate	Std. Error	p	Estimate	Std. Error	p	Estimate	Std. Error	p
Intercept	0.46	0.71	0.523	−1.59	0.93	0.087	0.07	0.86	0.937
ET score^a	0.00	0.01	0.769	0.01	0.01	0.067	0.00	0.01	0.600
sex female	−0.18	0.11	0.099	−0.36	0.14	0.011	−0.47	0.13	< 0.001
age	0.01	0.02	0.614	0.01	0.03	0.806	−0.03	0.03	0.235
financial success	0.03	0.06	0.658	−0.08	0.08	0.348	0.07	0.08	0.346
career opportunities	0.29	0.07	< 0.001	0.37	0.10	< 0.001	0.27	0.09	0.003
autonomy	−0.01	0.07	0.927	0.10	0.09	0.233	0.16	0.08	0.053
having medical tasks	0.17	0.07	0.018	−0.32	0.10	< 0.001	− 0.30	0.09	< 0.001
part time working	−0.12	0.05	0.015	0.09	0.06	0.178	0.03	0.06	0.665
political environment	0.00	0.06	0.959	0.10	0.08	0.205	0.10	0.07	0.142
relationship to patients	−0.13	0.06	0.035	0.01	0.08	0.937	−0.11	0.08	0.144
reputation	−0.04	0.06	0.523	−0.06	0.08	0.425	−0.05	0.08	0.484

^aET score: The percentage rank achieved in the competitive entrance examination (“Eignungstest”). Higher scores represent better ranking

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