Table 3 Rating of understanding of postgraduate training and the Irish healthcare system by plans to go abroad (1 = strongly agree, 5 = strongly disagree)
From: Ireland’s medical brain drain: migration intentions of Irish medical students
Plans to go abroada | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Definitely or contemplating | Not going abroad | Total | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
I understand what training is involved after the intern yearb | ||||||
Strongly agree | ||||||
Agree | 70 | 6.3 | 8 | 19.0 | 78 | 6.7 |
Neither | 378 | 33.8 | 17 | 40.5 | 395 | 34.1 |
Disagree | 218 | 19.5 | 6 | 14.3 | 224 | 19.3 |
Strongly disagree | 452 | 40.4 | 11 | 26.2 | 463 | 39.9 |
Mean | 3.94 | 3.48 | 3.93 | |||
Overall I have a good understanding of how the Irish healthcare system worksc | ||||||
Strongly agree | ||||||
Agree | 85 | 7.5 | 8 | 18.2 | 93 | 7.9 |
Neither | 455 | 40.2 | 20 | 45.5 | 475 | 40.4 |
Disagree | 243 | 21.5 | 12 | 27.3 | 255 | 21.7 |
Strongly disagree | 348 | 30.8 | 4 | 9.1 | 352 | 30.0 |
Mean | 3.76 | 3.27 | 3.75 | |||