Table 4 Characteristics of visa trainees who worked and did not work in Canada after PGME training and in 2015, among a cohort of visa trainees who entered a specialty PGME program in 2005 or 2006 or a family medicine PGME program between 2005 and 2009

Country group of medical school

0.230

0.035

 Western

4 (7.1)

33 (18.6)

22 (17.6)

15 (13.9)

 Asia

9 (16.1)

21 (11.9)

21 (16.8)

9 (8.3)

 The Caribbean and South America

6 (10.7)

15 (8.5)

15 (12.0)

6 (5.6)

 The Middle East and North Africa

35 (62.5)

96 (54.2)

59 (47.2)

72 (66.7)

 Other

2 (3.6)

12 (6.8)

8 (6.4)

6 (5.6)

Gender

0.378

0.748

 Female

11 (19.6)

45 (25.4)

29 (23.2)

27 (25.0)

 Male

45 (80.4)

132 (74.6)

96 (76.8)

81 (75.0)

Age at start of PGME

0.371

0.006

 Under 30

21 (37.5)

55 (31.1)

31 (24.8)

45 (41.7)

 30+

35 (62.5)

122 (68.9)

94 (75.2)

63 (58.3)

Years between MD and PGME

0.606

0.001

 Recent graduate (5 or less)

24 (42.9)

69 (39.0)

38 (30.4)

55 (50.9)

 Older graduate (6+ years)

32 (57.1)

108 (61.0)

87 (69.6)

53 (49.1)

Specialty type

0.291

0.054

 Family medicine

5 (8.9)

9 (5.1)

11 (8.8)

3 (2.8)

 Other specialty

51 (91.1)

168 (94.9)

114 (91.2)

105 (97.2)

Training region

0.805

0.360

 Ontario

29 (51.8)

95 (53.7)

70 (56.0)

54 (50.0)

 Other

27 (48.2)

82 (46.3)

55 (44.0)

54 (50.0)

First rank

0.062

0.583

 Residents

33 (58.9)

79 (44.6)

58 (46.4)

54 (50.0)

 Fellows

23 (41.1)

98 (55.4)

67 (53.6)

54 (50.0)

Full license eligible

0.000

0.000

 Yes

27 (48.2)

38 (21.5)

48 (38.4)

17 (15.7)

 No

29 (51.8)

139 (78.5)

77 (61.6)

91 (84.3)