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Table 3 Preference of specialities in an ideal context, distributed by gender

From: Gender-based analysis of factors affecting junior medical students’ career selection: addressing the shortage of surgical workforce in Rwanda

 

Male

Female

Total

Odds ratio

p value

%

%

n

Surgery

42.3

41.2

76

0.965

0.923

Internal medicine

21.54

1.96

31

0.217

0.02

Obstetrics/gynaecology

10.77

19.61

24

2.12

0.106

Paediatrics

1.54

3.92

4

2.66

0.337

Other

2.31

7.84

6

2.75

0.168