From: The destination of Pacific Island health professional graduates from a New Zealand university
Characteristic | Medicine | Dentistry | Pharmacy | Physiotherapy | Medical laboratory sciences |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 28 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 |
Age (mean and range) | 31 (26–43) | 30 (26–34) | 30 (25–35) | 28 (25–34) | 31 (29–34) |
Number of women (%) | 16 (57%) | 7 (50%) | 16 (70%) | 6 (86%) | 3 (100%) |
Mean years since graduation (range) | 7.3 (4–14) | 7.3 (4–11) | 7.8 (4–13) | 7.0 (4–13) | 7.7 (4–10) |
Still practising as original health professional degree | 28 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cook Islands Maori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Fijian | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fijian Indian | 2 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
Samoan | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Tongan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multiple Pacific | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Other Pacific | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postgraduate status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Done postgraduate qualification | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Intending to do postgraduate qualification | 25 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 2 |
Not done nor intending to do postgraduate qualification | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Main location of practice | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pacific Island community in NZ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
General community in NZ | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
Pacific Islands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Elsewhere | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Number ever worked in Pacific Island community in NZ | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Number ever worked in the Pacific | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Intending to work in Pacific Island community/Pacific Islands if not currently | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Mentor status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Currently has a mentor | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
Mentor is a Pacific Islander | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - |
Mentor is helpful | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | - |
Mentor influenced decisions on where to practise | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |