Specialty preferences of studying-abroad medical students from low- and middle-income countries

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Table 4 Preferences of generalist-orientated or non-generalist-orientated specialties by respondents, difference by gender, year of study and country of origin

Characteristics	Students having intentions of returning to home country (n = 255^a)			Students having intentions of going to an HIC (n = 119^b)
Characteristics	Generalist-orientated specialties^c	Non-generalist-orientated specialties	p-value	Generalist-orientated specialties^c	Non-generalist-orientated specialties	p-value
Gender
Male	40 (29.9%)	94 (70.1%)	0.007^*	10 (20.0%)	40 (80.0%)	0.207
Female	19 (15.7%)	102 (84.3%)	0.007^*	8 (11.6%)	61 (88.4%)	0.207
Year of study
Basic years	23 (19.2%)	97 (80.8%)	0.156	9 (14.5%)	53 (85.5%)	0.846
Clinical years	36 (26.7%)	99 (73.3%)	0.156	9 (15.8%)	48 (84.2%)	0.846
Country of origin
Asian countries	44 (21.7%)	159 (78.3%)	0.274	11 (15.5%)	60 (84.5%)	0.892
African countries	15 (28.8%)	37 (71.2%)	0.274	7 (14.6%)	41 (85.4%)	0.892

Notes: ^a The respondents who had intentions of returning home include the respondents who chose the home country either as the short-term destination or permanent destination. Respondents who were undecided about their specialties and those who did not plan to practise medicine were excluded from data analysis
^b The respondents who had intentions of going to an HIC include the respondents who chose an HIC either as the short-term destination or permanent destination. Respondents who were undecided about their specialties and those who did not plan to practise medicine were excluded from data analysis
^c Generalist-orientated specialties include general practice/family medicine, general internal medicine and general paediatrics

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