Geneva Final Year Students
Choice of specialty and professional practice: Class 2009- 10 / Survey 2010
Answer rate: 78% (90/115)
Specialty choice: Main specialty
The figure below is based on the total number of students who indicated having made a specialty choice, N=47/81 (58%)
*9 missing answers
Choice of professional practice
The figure below is based on the questionnaire total number of answers of N=90/115 (78%)
Choice of professional practice
N=77
(Undecided not included N=13)
A - Clinical practice
The figure below is based on the total number of students indicating a Clinical Practice career, N=43/77 (56%).
B - Academic vs non-academic career
The figure below is based on the total number of students indicating an Academic or Non-academic career, N=28/77 (36%)
Choice of professional practice: Type of specialization
- 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 ...)