Table 2 Opt out rates, causes of opt out and factors influencing opt out. Shows the percentage of career choice regret among medical students and the factors influencing this decision, 56.1% regretted their choice (opted out) of medical career. Reasons for opting out included: Academic difficulties, Financial Difficulties, Health related Reasons, Current political & security conflicts in Sudan, Poor Quality of Education, Multiple suspension of Education and Others
Variable | Total group (n = 330) | Gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Regret/Opt-out | ||||||
Yes | 185 | 56.1 | 51 | 46.4 | 134 | 60.9 |
No | 145 | 43.9 | 59 | 53.6 | 86 | 39.1 |
Reasons for opting out: | ||||||
Academic difficulties | 122 | 37 | 28 | 25.5 | 94 | 42.7 |
Financial difficulties | 21 | 7.3 | 9 | 8.2 | 12 | 5.5 |
Health-related reasons “I have a medical disease or other health-related conditions,e.g: Depression, Anxiety, Drug/Alcohol addiction etc.” | 24 | 0.3 | 4 | 3.6 | 20 | 9.1 |
Current political & security conflicts in Sudan | 98 | 29.7 | 30 | 27.5 | 68 | 30.9 |
Poor quality of education- | 82 | 24.8 | 25 | 22.9 | 57 | 25.9 |
Multiple suspensions of education “i.e the University closes down a lot!” | 116 | 35.2 | 34 | 31.2 | 82 | 37.3 |
Others | 11 | 3.3 | 2 | 1.8 | 9 | 4.1 |
Screening for depressive symptoms: | ||||||
Little interest or pleasure in doing things? (Anhedonia) | ||||||
At least More than half of the days | 116 | 35.2 | 36 | 32.7 | 80 | 36.3 |
Nearly everyday | 54 | 16.4 | 16 | 14.5 | 38 | 17.2 |
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless? | ||||||
At least More than half of the days | 113 | 34.3 | 34 | 30.9 | 79 | 35.9 |
Nearly everyday | 50 | 15.2 | 15 | 13.6 | 35 | 15.9 |