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 | Â | Â | Â |
   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 | Â | Â | Â |
   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% |