Table 3 Short and long-term medical elective discipline preferences of German-speaking medical students between 2016 and 2020: An overview.
Discipline | Short-term elective | Long-term elective | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Anaesthesiology | 27 | 17 | 44 |
Angiology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cardiology | 11 | 9 | 20 |
Cardiovascular Surgery | 4 | 19 | 23 |
Dermatology | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Emergency Medicine | 26 | 10 | 36 |
Endocrinology | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Forensic Medicine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gastroenterology | 3 | 7 | 10 |
General Medicine | 3 | 0 | 3 |
General Surgery | 32 | 294 | 326 |
Geriatrics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 24 | 15 | 39 |
Haematology | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Infectiology | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Internal Medicine | 18 | 98 | 116 |
Nephrology | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Neurology | 16 | 7 | 23 |
Neurosurgery | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Ophthalmology | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Orthopaedics | 12 | 15 | 27 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Paediatric Surgery | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Paediatrics | 13 | 11 | 24 |
Plastic Surgery | 7 | 19 | 26 |
Pneumology | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Psychosomatic Medicine | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Radiology and Neuroradiology | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Rheumatology | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Thoracic Surgery | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Trauma Surgery | 3 | 25 | 28 |
Tropical Medicine | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Urology | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Visceral Surgery | 2 | 15 | 17 |
Total | 246 | 610 | 856 |