Table 4.1 Frequency distribution of "statements for" a career in medicine (n = 1,640 responses) given by 442 residents who would go into medicine again and 117 residents who would not, as well as by 8 residents not giving a response.
From: Swiss residents' arguments for and against a career in medicine
| Â | Statements for a career in medicine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Statements of residents who would go into medicine again n (%) | Statements of residents who would not go into medicine again n (%) | No response in terms of choosing medicine again or not n (%) | p |
Personal experiences in day-to-day working life | 536 (41.4) | 128 (39.5) | 12 (54.5) | n.s. |
Interpersonal experiences in professional relationships | 372 (28.7) | 95 (29.3) | 5 (22.7) | n.s. |
General work-related structural conditions | 106 (8.2) | 44 (13.6) | 2 (9.1) | <0.05 |
Further training and speciality qualification conditions | 99 (7.7) | 22 (6.8) | 1 (4.5) | n.s. |
Enjoyment/Meaning | 83 (6.4) | 9 (2.8) | 1 (4.5) | <0.01 |
Social prestige and health- policy aspects | 50 (3.9) | 6 (1.9) | 1 (4.5) | n.s. |
Income | 14 (1.1) | 6 (1.9) | 0 (0) | n.s. |
Leisure/Private life | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1) |
Not codable | 33 (2.6) | 14 (4.3) | 0 (0) | n.s. |
Total | 1294 (100.0) | 324 (100.0) | 22 (100.0) | Â |