Career choice and place of graduation among physicians in Norway

Figures & data

Figure 1. Participants in the study.

Table I. OR for occupation as general practitioner, hospital physician, or researcher based on origin of education.

	General practitioner				Hospital physician				Researcher
Origin of education	n	(%)	OR^1	95% CI	n	(%)	OR^2	95% CI	n	(%)	OR^1	95% CI	n
Oslo	114	22	Ref		367	71	Ref		36	7	Ref		517
Bergen	132	25	1.2	0.9–1,6	380	71	1.0	0.8–1.3	22	4	0.5	0.3–0.9*	534
Trondheim	92	29	1.5	1.1–2.0*	217	68	0.9	0.6–1.2	12	4	0.5	0.2–0.4*	321
Tromsø	75	27	1.3	0.9–1.9	192	70	0.9	0.7–1.3	8	3	0.4	0.2–0.9*	275
Sweden	23	34	1.8	1.0–3.1*	42	63	0.7	0.4–1.2	2	3	0.4	0.1–1.8	67
Denmark	54	47	2.9	1.9–4.5*	59	51	0.5	0.3–0.7*	2	2	0.3	0.1–1.1	115
Germany	33	13	0.5	0.4–0.8*	200	83	2.0	1.3–2.9*	9	4	0.5	0.3–1.1	242
Hungary	58	26	1.3	0.9–1.8	159	72	1.0	0.7–1.5	5	2	0.3	0.1–0.8*	222
Poland	78	36	2.0	1.4–2.9*	139	63	0.7	0.5–1.0*	3	1	0.2	0.1–0.5*	220
Middle Europe	10	24	1.2	0.6–2.5	30	73	1.1	0.6–2.3	1	2	0.3	0.1–2.3	41
English-speaking countries	37	20	1.0	0.6–1.5	140	77	1.3	0.9–1.9	8	4	0.5	0.2–1.1	185
Other countries	25	26	1.2	0.8–2.0	71	73	1.2	0.7–2.0	1	1	0.1	0.1–1.0*	97
Total	731	26			1996	70			109	4			2836

Notes: ¹Adjusted for age, ²adjusted for citizenship, *p < 0.05.

Table II. Descriptive data on number of graduated students, type of curriculum, and pre-graduate general practice education in Norwegian universities, ranked from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest).

		UiO		UiB		UiT		NTNU
Number of graduated students 2002–2005		601		553		291		325
Type of curriculum:
PBL and integrated organ-based curriculum		X				X		X
Traditional curriculum				X
From Table 1: OR for working as a GP		Ref		1.2		1.3		1.5
Descriptive data:		Ranking		Ranking		Ranking		Ranking
Hours of preceptorship in general practice	252	2	158	1	300	3	345	4
Curriculum hours in general practice^1	133	1	158	3	293	4	150	2
General practice teachers/total positions	8/6	2	15/8	3	15/5	1	25/11	4
Sum ranking		5		7		8		10

Notes: PBL = problem–based learning. UiO = University of Oslo, Norway. UiB = University of Bergen, Norway. UiT = University of Tromsø, Norway. NTNU = Norwegian University of Science and Technology. ¹Based on total hours in general practice curriculum (lectures, seminars, communication training, GP skills training etc.). Does not include PBL hours.