Table 4 Which of the following will have a positive influence on your selection of a residency program?

Good relationships with attendings (3)

92.6%

91.2%

96.3%

Good relationships between residents (3)

91%

89%

96.3%

Interesting and challenging residency (4)

87.7%

86.8%

90.1%

Residency with much resident teaching (3)

87.2%

82.9%

98.8%*

Leading department in the specialty (2)

73.3%

72.6%

75.3%

A specific location within Israel

66.7%

60.7%

82.7%*

Control over lifestyle (1)

65%

63.9%

67.9%

Much responsibility/make clinical decisions on their own (4)

56%

51.6%

67.9%*

A large university hospital (2)

54%

57.1%

45.7%

Working hours known from the start (1)

51.8%

49.1%

59.3%

A residency with much “action" (4)

42.3%

42.9%

40.7%

Residency with limited hours (1)

33%

31.5%

37%

A residency with few on-calls

30.7%

29.2%

34.6%

Opportunity to perform research (2)

24.7%

23.3%

28.4%

Work under pressure (4)

19.4%

17.4%

24.7%*

Short residency (< 4.5 years) (1)

19.1%

20.6%

14.8%

Hospital in the country’s periphery (2)

6.7%

4.6%

12.3%*