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Table 3 Gender difference in specialty selection (n = 379)

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

General difference in choice of specialty

Specialty

P value

Surgery

Internal medicine

Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine

Diagnostics

Psychiatry

Gender

 Male

60 (34.3)

26 (21.8)

18 (34.6)

3 (14.3)

3 (25)

0.076

 Female

115 (65.7)

93 (78.2)

34 (65.4)

18 (85.7)

9 (75)