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Table 1 Profiles of new medical graduates: 2010, 2011 and 2012 batches

From: Thailand special recruitment track of medical students: a series of annual cross-sectional surveys on the new graduates between 2010 and 2012

Sample profiles

2010

2011

2012

Total number of respondents (% of response)

576 (37.2)

872 (59.0)

754 (44.9)

Mean age (SD)

24.3 (1.2)

24.3 (1.4)

24.1 (0.9)

Sex (%)

   

  • Female

362 (63.1)

516 (61.4)

452 (60.5)

  •Male

212 (36.9)

324 (38.6)

295 (39.5)

Mode of admission (%)

   

  • Normal track*

442 (76.9)

469 (56.0)

520 (69.2)

  • Special track**

133 (23.1)

369 (44.0)

232 (30.8)

Location of medical school (%)

   

  • Bangkok***

345 (65.8)

433 (56.3)

442 (61.5)

  • Outside Bangkok

179 (34.2)

336 (43.7)

277 (38.5)

Location of residence during ages 1 to 15 years old (%)

   

  • Bangkok

240 (42.5)

227 (27.1)

282 (37.7)

  • Provincial city

190 (33.7)

345 (41.3)

286 (38.2)

  • Non-provincial city

134 (23.8)

264 (31.6)

180 (24.1)

Location of current residence (%)

   

  • Bangkok

269 (47.2)

247 (29.4)

316 (42.4)

  • Provincial city

163 (28.6)

310 (37.0)

244 (32.8)

  • Non-provincial city

138 (24.2)

282 (33.6)

185 (24.8)

Location of secondary school (%)

   

  • Bangkok

306 (53.2)

276 (33.0)

356 (48.0)

  • Provincial city

203 (35.3)

434 (52.0)

291 (39.3)

  • Non-provincial city

66 (11.5)

125 (15.0)

94 (12.7)

Education profile of parents (%)

   

  • Neither mother nor father holds a bachelors degree

157 (28.2)

259 (31.4)

209 (27.9)

  • One or both parents holds a bachelor degree

400 (71.8)

566 (68.6)

540 (72.1)

  1. Note:
  2. *Normal track includes competitive national entrance examination and direct admission.
  3. **Special track includes Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors (CPIRD), One District One Doctor (ODOD), and other special quota.
  4. ***Refers to Bangkok Metropolitan Region including Bangkok and four neighboring provinces of SamutPrakan, SamutSongkham, Nonthaburi and Prathumtani, with more than 12 million population (20% of total).