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Table 6 Rank order of factors by specialty group

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

Rank

EM

CL

PC

SS

1

Hospital orientation

Social orientation

Social orientation

Hospital orientation

2

Medical lifestyle

Varied scope of practice

Hospital orientation

Varied scope of practice

3

Varied scope of practice

Medical lifestyle

Varied scope of practice

Prestige

4

Role model

Hospital orientation

Medical lifestyle

Social orientation

5

Social orientation

Prestige

Role model

Role model

6

Prestige

Role model

Prestige

Medical lifestyle

  1. EM emergency medicine, CL controllable lifestyle, PC primary care, SS surgical specialty