Curriculum Evaluation

Swiss Final Year Students - Surveys 2007 & 2008

Choices of specialty and professional pratice

Answer rate:

  • Geneva: N = 161/201 (80%) (Survey administered to 5th year students)
  • Lausanne: N = 150/210 (71%)
  • Bern: N = 167/304 (55%)
  • Zürich: N = 202/379 (54%)

Choice of specialty – Main specialties

The figures below are based on the total number of students who indicated having made a specialty choice:

  • Geneva: N=86/161 (53%)
  • Lausanne: N=96/150 (64%)
  • Bern: N=130/167 (78%)
  • Zürich: N=159/202 (79%)
CHStudMainSpecEn
  • A = Internal Medicine
  • B = Surgery
  • C = Pediatrics
  • D = General, Family, Community Medicine
  • E = Gynecology / Obstetrics
  • F = Psychiatry

Choice of professional practice

The figures below are based on the questionnaire total number of answers:

  • Geneva: N=161/201 (80%)
  • Lausanne: N=150/210 (71%)
  • Bern: N=167/306 (55%)
  • Zürich: N=202/379 (54%)

Note: a few students have checked more than one choice.

CHStudCarAcadEng
  • A = Clinical practices
  • B = Academic career
  • C = Non-academic career
  • D = Undecided

Choice of professional practice

Geneva: N=124 / Lausanne: N=125 / Bern: N=125 / Zürich: N=163 (Undecided not included: GE N=37, LAU N=25, BE N=42, ZU N=39)

A – Academic vs non-academic career

The figures below are based on the total number of students indicating an Academic or Non-academic career:

  • Geneva: N = 53/124 (43%)
  • Lausanne: N = 32/125 (26%)
  • Bern: N = 56/125 (45%)
  • Zürich: N = 49/163 (31%)
CHStudCarAcadNonAcadEng
  • A: Academic career - Teaching, research, clinical care
  • B: Academic career - Teaching, research, basic sciences
  • C: Non-academic career - Clinical medical sciences
  • D: Non-academic career - Basic medical sciences

B – Clinical practice career

The figures below are based on the total number of students indicating a Clinical Practice career:

  • Geneva: N = 94/124 (76%)
  • Lausanne: N = 101/125 (81%)
  • Bern: N = 135/125 (93%)
  • Zürich: N = 151/163 (93%)
CHStudPratClinEng
  • A: In group of 3 or more physicians
  • B: Employed in a hospital
  • C: Partnership with an other physician
  • D: Solo practice
  • E: In a "Managed care" group

Choice of professional practice: Type of practices

The figures below are based on the questionnaire total number of answers:

  • Geneva: N = 161/201 (80%)
  • Lausanne: N = 150/210 (71%)
  • Bern: N = 167/306 (55%)
  • Zürich: N = 202/379 (54%)

Note: a few students have checked more than one choice.

CHStudPratProfEng
  • A: Providing first encounter health or illness appraisal, preventive education and interventions; episodic and long-term comprehensive care of a wide variety of medical problems; primarily office-based. (Ex: family medicine, general medicine ...)
  • B: Providing episodic or long-term care of a limited number of medical problems that may include instrumentation and technical interventions; mix of ambulatory and hospital-based practice. (Ex: internal medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, dermatology, obstetrics/gynecology ...)
  • C: Performing highly skilled and specialized therapeutic techniques or procedures; primarily hospital-based with some office activity. (Ex: orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology ...)
  • D: Performing specialized diagnostic or technical procedures; basic or applied laboratory research; primarily hospital-based. (Ex: radiology, pathology ...)