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Table 2 Characteristics of Fiji School of Medicine specialist trainees 1996–2004 (Fiji graduates only, excluding graduates from other regional countries)

From: Specialist training in Fiji: Why do graduates migrate, and why do they remain? A qualitative study

Characteristic

Specialist graduates

 

All Fiji citizens or permanent residents

Number Interviewed

% interviewed

Total

66

36

54.5%

Gender

   

   Males

39

22

56.4%

   Females

27

14

51.9%

Ethnicity

   Fijians

41

23

56.1%

   Indo-Fijians

20

10

50.0%

   Others

5

3

60.0%

Specialty

   

   Anaesthesia

11

6

54.5%

   Medicine

12

8

66.7%

   Obstetrics and Gynaecology

14

6

42.9%

   Paediatrics

18

9

50.0%

   Surgery

11

7

63.6%

Highest educational attainment as of December 2006

   Diploma

42

14

33.3%

   Master's (21) or MMed (3) student

24

22

91.7%

Working status

   Public sectors (Ministry of Health, FSMed, or UN)

32

21

65.6%

   Temporarily overseas

4

4

100%

   Private (9) or not working (1) – Fiji

10

4

40%

   Overseas migrants

20

7

35%