From: Survey on Specialty Preference and Work-Life Balance among Residents of Japanese Red Cross Hospitals
| Study group | Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| NCL | Internal medicine | 79 | (36) | 2527 | (32) |
| General surgery | 23 | (10) | 767 | (10) | |
| Pediatrics | 25 | (11) | 526 | (7) | |
| Ob/gyn | 19 | (9) | 410 | (5) | |
| Urology | 3 | (1) | 247 | (3) | |
| Neurosurgery | 3 | (1) | 214 | (3) | |
| Orthopedics | 9 | (4) | 516 | (7) | |
| Plastic surgery | 3 | (1) | 153 | (2) | |
| CL | Otolaryngology | 5 | (2) | 238 | (3) |
| Radiology | 8 | (4) | 244 | (3) | |
| Dermatology | 4 | (2) | 254 | (3) | |
| Psychiatry | 4 | (2) | 392 | (5) | |
| Emergency medicine | 7 | (3) | 234 | (3) | |
| Anesthesiology | 15 | (7) | 457 | (6) | |
| Ophthalmology | 2 | (1) | 288 | (4) | |
| Pathology | 2 | (1) | 101 | (1) | |
| Others | Laboratory medicine | 0 | (0) | 4 | (0) |
| Rehabilitation | 0 | (0) | 66 | (1) | |
| Family medicine | 2 | (1) | 153 | (2) | |
| Undecided | 8 | (4) | 0 | (0) | |
| TOTAL | 221 | 7791 | |||
| NCL total | 164 | (74) | 5360 | (69) | |
| CL total | 47 | (21) | 2208 | (28) | |
From: Survey on Specialty Preference and Work-Life Balance among Residents of Japanese Red Cross Hospitals
| Number of night shifts per month | Hours of overtime per month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3/month | 4-5/month | More than 6/month | Less than 45 h* | 45-99 h | More than 100 h** | ||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| NCL | Internal medicine | 36 | (46) | 36 | (46) | 6 | (8) | 13 | (17) | 42 | (55) | 22 | (29) |
| General surgery | 5 | (22) | 17 | (74) | 1 | (4) | 4 | (17) | 8 | (35) | 11 | (48) | |
| Pediatrics | 4 | (16) | 16 | (64) | 5 | (20) | 4 | (16) | 16 | (64) | 5 | (20) | |
| Ob/gyn | 3 | (16) | 12 | (63) | 4 | (21) | 2 | (11) | 15 | (79) | 2 | (11) | |
| Urology | 1 | (33) | 1 | (33) | 1 | (33) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (33) | 2 | (67) | |
| Neurosurgery | 1 | (33) | 2 | (67) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (67) | 1 | (33) | |
| Orthopedics | 2 | (22) | 7 | (78) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (22) | 7 | (78) | 0 | (0) | |
| Plastic surgery | 0 | (0) | 3 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | |
| CL | Otolaryngology | 2 | (40) | 3 | (60) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (60) | 1 | (20) | 1 | (20) |
| Radiology | 5 | (63) | 3 | (38) | 0 | (0) | 4 | (50) | 4 | (50) | 0 | (0) | |
| Dermatology | 2 | (50) | 2 | (50) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (50) | 1 | (25) | 1 | (25) | |
| Psychiatry | 2 | (67) | 1 | (33) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (25) | 3 | (75) | 0 | (0) | |
| Emergency medicine | 0 | (0) | 6 | (86) | 1 | (14) | 1 | (14) | 4 | (57) | 2 | (29) | |
| Anesthesiology | 6 | (40) | 9 | (60) | 0 | (0) | 7 | (47) | 6 | (40) | 2 | (13) | |
| Ophthalmology | 0 | (0) | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (50) | |
| Pathology | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | |
| Others | Laboratory medicine | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Rehabilitation | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
| Family medicine | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) | |
| Undecided | 1 | (13) | 6 | (75) | 1 | (13) | 0 | (0) | 5 | (63) | 3 | (38) | |
| TOTAL | 72 | (33) | 126 | (58) | 21 | (10) | 46 | (21) | 119 | (55) | 53 | (24) | |
| NCL total | 52 | (32) | 94 | (58) | 17 | (10) | 26 | (16) | 92 | (57) | 43 | (27) | |
| CL total | 18 | (39) | 26 | (57) | 2 | (4) | 20 | (43) | 20 | (43) | 7 | (15) | |
| p = 0.38 | p = 0.001 | ||||||||||||
From: Survey on Specialty Preference and Work-Life Balance among Residents of Japanese Red Cross Hospitals
| Emphasis on work or life | Emphasis on medical interest or social reasons in specialty selection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depends | Life | Work | Medical | Social | Neither | ||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| NCL | Internal medicine | 45 | (58) | 17 | (22) | 16 | (21) | 40 | (51) | 24 | (31) | 14 | (18) |
| General surgery | 20 | (87) | 1 | (4) | 2 | (9) | 10 | (43) | 4 | (17) | 9 | (39) | |
| Pediatrics | 20 | (83) | 3 | (13) | 1 | (4) | 10 | (40) | 7 | (28) | 8 | (32) | |
| Ob/gyn | 13 | (68) | 2 | (11) | 4 | (21) | 12 | (63) | 5 | (26) | 2 | (11) | |
| Urology | 3 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (67) | 1 | (33) | |
| Neurosurgery | 2 | (67) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (33) | 3 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
| Orthopedics | 7 | (78) | 1 | (11) | 1 | (11) | 2 | (22) | 6 | (67) | 1 | (11) | |
| Plastic surgery | 2 | (67) | 1 | (33) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (33) | 1 | (33) | 1 | (33) | |
| CL | Otolaryngology | 4 | (80) | 1 | (20) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (40) | 2 | (40) | 1 | (20) |
| Radiology | 7 | (88) | 1 | (13) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (13) | 5 | (63) | 2 | (25) | |
| Dermatology | 3 | (75) | 1 | (25) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (25) | 1 | (25) | 2 | (50) | |
| Psychiatry | 3 | (75) | 1 | (25) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (33) | 1 | (33) | 2 | (67) | |
| Emergency medicine | 5 | (71) | 1 | (14) | 1 | (14) | 1 | (14) | 2 | (29) | 4 | (57) | |
| Anesthesiology | 9 | (60) | 6 | (40) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (13) | 9 | (60) | 4 | (27) | |
| Ophthalmology | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) | |
| Pathology | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | |
| Others | Laboratory medicine | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
| Rehabilitation | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
| Family medicine | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
| Undecided | 5 | (63) | 2 | (25) | 1 | (13) | 4 | (50) | 4 | (50) | 0 | (0) | |
| TOTAL | 153 | (70) | 39 | (18) | 27 | (12) | 92 | (42) | 76 | (35) | 52 | (24) | |
| NCL total | 112 | (69) | 25 | (15) | 25 | (15) | 78 | (48) | 49 | (30) | 36 | (22) | |
| CL total | 34 | (72) | 12 | (26) | 1 | (2) | 8 | (17) | 23 | (49) | 16 | (34) | |
| p = 0.018 | p < 0.001 | ||||||||||||
From: Survey on Specialty Preference and Work-Life Balance among Residents of Japanese Red Cross Hospitals
| No | Yes | Neither | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| NCL total | 93 | (57) | 42 | (26) | 28 | (17) |
| CL total | 16 | (34) | 23 | (49) | 8 | (17) |
| p = 0.007 | ||||||
