Table 1 Respondents’ basic information
All (127 respondents) | |
|---|---|
Number of years since graduation from medical school | |
3 | 24 (18.9) |
4 | 26 (20.5) |
5 | 21 (16.5) |
6 | 18 (14.3) |
7 | 9 (7.1) |
8 | 6 (4.7) |
9 | 8 (6.3) |
10 | 15 (11.8) |
Age, yearsa | |
Median | 30 |
10–90th percent point | 27–35 |
Gender, n (%) | |
Male | 95 (74.8) |
Female | 32 (25.2) |
Marital status, n (%) | |
Single | 74 (58.3) |
Married | 53 (41.7) |
Have children, n (%) | |
No | 98 (77.2) |
Yes | 29 (22.8) |
Field of specialization (including those in the training period), n (%) | |
Internal medicine (includes organ specialties) | 93 (73.2) |
Pediatrics | 9 (7.1) |
Emergency medicine/intensive care | 7 (5.5) |
Surgery (includes organ specialties) | 5 (3.9) |
Family medicine | 4 (3.1) |
Gynecology | 3 (2.4) |
Urology | 2 (1.6) |
Anesthesiology | 2 (1.6) |
Radiology | 2 (1.6) |
Location of two-year internship | |
Community hospital | 102 (80.3) |
University hospital | 14 (11.0) |
Both community and university hospitals (“tasukigake”) | 11 (8.7) |
Affiliated with university ikyoku | |
No | 107 (84.3) |
Yes | 20 (15.7) |
Number of beds at the workplace hospital, nb | |
Median | 524 |
10–90th percent point | 219–1026 |