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CHARACTERISTICS RESPONDENTS, % (N) N = 2278 MAILING LIST, % (N) N = 4441 99% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL Sex • Male 63.9 (1455) 66.7 (2963) 61.3–66.5 • Female 35.4 (806) 33.3 (1478) 32.8–38.0 • Not stated 0.7 (17) 0 NA Age, y* • < 30 0.8 (18) 1.2 (54) 0.3–1.7 • 30–34 6.8 (155) 6.8 (304) 5.4–8.2 • 35–39 13.1 (299) 13.3 (590) 11.3–15.1 • 40–44 17.5 (398) 17.7 (788) 15.4–19.8 • 45–49 19.2 (438) 17.5 (775) 17.1–19.6 • 50–54 16.8 (382) 15.7 (699) 14.7–17.8 • ≥ 55 25.5 (581) 27.7 (1231) 23.1–30.1 • Not stated 0.3 (7) 0 NA Location of undergraduate training • University of British Columbia 36.3 (826) 33.9 (1505) 33.6–36.6 • Canada 42.4 (966) 44.5 (1977) 39.7–47.2 • Outside Canada 21.1 (481) 21.6 (959) 18.4–24.3 • Not stated 0.2 (5) 0 NA Practice location (by health authority)* • Vancouver Coastal 30.7 (699) 32.4 (1440) 28.1–35.0 • Fraser 19.9 (453) 25.4 (1129) 17.3–28.0 • Vancouver Island 21.4 (488) 21.0 (933) 18.9–23.6 • Northern 6.4 (146) 5.8 (258) 3.9–8.4 • Interior 17.3 (395) 15.2 (676) 14.8–17.8 • Not stated or other 4.3 (97) 0.1 (5) NA -
NA—not applicable.
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↵* Responses in the Mailing List column of this category do not add to 100% owing to rounding.
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- Table 2.
Specialties identified by respondents as desired programs for retraining: Respondents were asked to identify specialties of interest from a list of general programs with space to indicate subspecialty interests.
SPECIALTY TOTAL RESPONSES* (N = 1715) % OF RESPONSES† % OF RESPONDENTS (N = 965) Anesthesia 179 10.4 18.5 Psychiatry 179 10.4 18.5 General internal medicine 144 8.4 14.9 Radiology 143 8.3 14.8 Public health and community medicine 131 7.6 13.6 Obstetrics and gynecology 121 7.1 12.5 General surgery 104 6.1 10.8 Emergency medicine‡ 95 5.5 9.8 Ophthalmology 78 4.5 8.1 Orthopedics 75 4.4 7.8 Dermatology‡ 74 4.3 7.7 Pathology 65 3.8 6.7 General pediatrics 52 3.0 5.4 Plastic surgery‡ 42 2.4 4.4 All others 233 13.6 24.1 - Table 3.
Respondents’ reasons for not pursuing additional training: Respondents indicated to what extent they were influenced by each factor on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = did not influence my decision; 5 = very significant impact on my decision).
REASON MEAN 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL Duration of training 3.76 3.68–3.84 Family issues 3.64 3.55–3.73 Hours involved 3.59 3.51–3.67 Financial issues during residency 3.59 3.50–3.68 Need for relocation 3.08 2.98–3.18 Concern about being in a trainee position 2.78 2.69–2.87 Uncertainty about new practice opportunities 2.36 2.28–2.44 - Table 4.
Factors that make a retraining program more attractive, as indicated by respondents: Respondents indicated to what extent each factor made a retraining program more attractive on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = did not influence my decision; 5 = very significant impact on my decision).
FACTORS MEAN 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL Availability of part-time training 4.04 3.96–4.12 Return-of-service financial package 3.71 3.62–3.80 Ability to train in regional centres 3.63 3.54–3.72
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