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Table 3 HO choices for specialist training

From: House officers’ specialist career choices and motivators for their choice– a sequential mixed-methods study from Malaysia

Specialty

First n (%)

Second n (%)

Third n (%)

Internal Medicine

43 (23.2)

17 (9.2)

13 (7.0)

Pediatrics

7 (3.8)

11 (5.9)

3 (1.6)

Clinical Oncology

1 (0.5)

0(0)

4 (2.2)

Rehabilitation Medicine

1 (0.5)

5 (2.7)

4 (2.2)

Sports Medicine

5 (2.7)

7 (3.8)

4 (2.2)

Psychiatry

8(4.3)

13 (7.0)

7 (3.8)

Pathology

5 (2.7)

2 (1.1)

6 (3.2)

Radiology

4 (2.2)

4 (2.2)

4 (2.2)

Transfusion Medicine

1 (0.5)

4 (2.2)

4 (2.2)

Nuclear Medicine

0 (0)

2 (1.1)

0 (0)

Medical Specialties

75 (40.5)

66 (35.7)

49(26.5)

General Surgery

18 (9.7)

16 (8.6)

5 (2.7)

Orthopedics

6 (3.2)

9 (4.9)

13(7.0)

Neurosurgery

5 (2.7)

6 (3.2)

4 (2.2)

Otorhinolaryngology

0 (0)

8 (4.3)

4 (2.2)

Ophthalmology

12 (6.5)

2 (1.1)

7 (3.8)

Plastic Surgery

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

5 (2.7)

Pediatric surgery

1 (0.5)

11(5.9)

1 (0.5)

Forensic Medicine

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

6 (3.2)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

12 (6.5)

7 (3.8)

7 (3.8)

Surgical specialties

58 (31.4)

52 (28.1)

52 (28.1)

Emergency Medicine

14 (7.6)

15 (8.1)

5 (2.7)

Anesthesiology

11 (5.9)

10 (5.4)

6 (3.2)

Acute care

25 (13.5)

25 (13.5)

11 (5.9)

Public health/Community health

14 (7.6)

7 (3.8)

8 (4.3)

Family Medicine

13 (7.0)

23 (12.4)

17(9.2)

Primary care

27 (14.6)

30 (16.2)

25 (13.5)

No second or third choice

-

12 (6.5)

48(25.9)

Total

185 (100)

185 (100)

185 (100)