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Table 2 General characteristics of the studied participants (n = 379)

From: Relationship of big five personality traits and future specialty preference among undergraduate medical students: a cross-sectional study

General characteristics Number of students (%)

Age (years)

 

 20–24

163 (43)

 24–28

216 (57)

Gender

 Male

110 (29)

 Female

269 (71)

Academic year

 

 4

99(26)

 5

145 (38.2)

 6

135 (35.6)

Specialty chosen

 

 Surgery

175 (46.2)

 Internal medicine

119 (31.4)

 Anaesthesia and Emergency Medicine

52 (13.7)

 Diagnostics

21 (5.5)

 Psychiatry

12 (3.2)