Table 1 Demographic Information and Interest in Medical Specialties
From: Unpopular medical specialties: exploring the concept that “the customer knows best”
Medical Students (n = 119) | Interns (n = 84) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Gender | Female | 71 | 59.7% | Female | 25 | 29.8% |
Male | 48 | 40.3% | Male | 59 | 70.2% | |
Age (years ± SD) | 27.8 ± 3.3 | 29.7 ± 3.3 | ||||
Medical School | Israel | 119 | 100% | Israel | 49 | 58% |
Other | 35 | 42% | ||||
Marital | Single | 66 | 55% | Single | 38 | 45% |
Status | Married | 46 | 39% | Married | 44 | 52% |
Divorced | 7 | 6% | Divorced | 2 | 2% | |
Interest In | Int Med Including Subs * | 75 | 63% | Int Med Including Subs * | 40 | 48% |
Medical | Pediatrics | 45 | 38% | Surgery, Incl Subs ** | 33 | 39% |
Specialties | OB/GYN | 44 | 37% | Pediatrics | 32 | 38% |
(very much | Surgery, Incl Subs ** | 41 | 34% | Family Medicine | 31 | 37% |
+ much) | Family Medicine | 25 | 21% | OB/GYN | 23 | 27% |
Emergency Medicne | 22 | 18% | Ophthalmology | 18 | 21% | |
Psychiatry | 20 | 17% | Emergency Medicne | 18 | 21% | |
Research | 16 | 13% | Anesthesiology | 16 | 19% | |
Ophthalmology | 11 | 9% | Research | 12 | 15% | |
Dermatology | 11 | 9% | Dermatology | 12 | 15% | |
Anesthesiology | 8 | 7% | Radiology/Nuclear Med | 11 | 13% | |
Radiology/Nuclear Med | 3 | 3% | Psychiatry | 8 | 10% | |
Pathology | 1 | 1% | Pathology | 3 | 3% | |