Table 2 Population characteristics
Characteristics | N = 165 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 101 | 61.2% |
Male | 64 | 38.8% | |
Entry programme | Local | 48 | 29.1% |
Rural | 117 | 70.9% | |
Number of years in RCS | One | 65 | 39.4% |
Two | 64 | 38.8% | |
> Three | 36 | 21.8% | |
Preference for RCS for clinical training | Yes | 127 | 77.0% |
No | 38 | 23.0% | |
Preferred location for intern | Metropolitan | 59 | 35.8% |
Outer metro | 10 | 6.1% | |
Regional | 41 | 24.8% | |
Rural | 32 | 19.4% | |
Unsure | 23 | 13.9% | |
Preferred location for work | Metropolitan | 38 | 23.0% |
Outer metro | 9 | 5.5% | |
Regional | 69 | 41.8% | |
Rural | 45 | 27.3% | |
Remote | 4 | 2.4% | |
Intended specialty | General practice | 59 | 34.5% |
Paediatrics | 14 | 8.5% | |
Emergency | 12 | 7.3% | |
Surgery | 20 | 12.1% | |
Sub-specialty medicine | 30 | 16.4% | |
Anaesthetics/intensive care | 7 | 4.2% | |
Obstetrics/gynaecology | 8 | 4.8% | |
Psychiatry | 2 | 1.4% | |
Unsure | 13 | 7.9% |