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Table 3 Comparison of factors that influence the career interests of medical students

From: Factors influencing medical students’ choice of emergency medicine as a career specialty—a descriptive study of Saudi medical students

Factors

% of the students

Results of ANOVA

EM

n = 32

CL

n = 80

PC

n = 163

SS

n = 133

F

P value

Medical lifestyle

3.24

3.25

3.22

2.9

7.9

< 0.001

Social orientation

3.14

3.39

3.48

3.12

8.81

< 0.001

Prestige

2.8

3.05

2.93

3.13

2.27

0.08

Hospital orientation

3.45

3.13

3.26

3.5

7.87

< 0.001

Role model

3.14

2.68

2.94

3

2.94

0.033

Varied scope of practice

3.19

3.28

3.25

3.24

0.12

0.948

  1. ANOVA analysis of variance, EM emergency medicine, CL controllable lifestyle, PC primary care, SS surgical specialty