Swiss Final Year Students
Choice of specialty and professional pratice - Survey 2011 / Final year Students 2010-11
Answer rate:
- Geneva: 39/114 (34%)
- Lausanne: 81/134 (60%)
- Bern: 99/160 (62%)
- Zürich: 104/223 (46%)
Choice of specialty – Main specialty
The figures below are based on the total number of students who indicated having made a specialty choice:
- Geneva: 31/38* (82%)
- Lausanne: 49/81 (60%)
- Bern: 99/99 (100%)
- Zürich: 104/104 (100%)
*GE: 1 missing answer
- A = General Internal Medicine
- B = Surgery
- C = Pediatrics
- D = OB / GYN
- E = Psychiatry
Choice of professional practice
The figures below are based on the questionnaire total number of answers:
- Geneva: 39/114 (34%)
- Lausanne: 81/134 (60%)
- Bern: 99/160 (62%)
- Zürich: 104/223 (46%)
- A = Clinical practice
- B = Academic career
- C = Non-academic career
- D = Undecided
- E = Other
Choice of professional practice
Geneva: N=35 / Lausanne: N=69 / Bern: N=82 / Zürich: N=82
(Undecided not included: GE N=4, LA N=12, BE N=17, ZU N=22)
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: 17/32* (53%)
- Lausanne: 13/69 (19%)
- Bern: 20/82 (24%)
- Zürich: 14/82 (17%)
*GE: 3 missing answers
- 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
The figures below are based on the total number of students indicating a Clinical Practice career:
- Geneva: 15/32 (47%)
- Lausanne: 51/69 (74%)
- Bern: 61/82 (74%)
- Zürich: 67/82 (82%)
- 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