TABLE 1

Characteristics of Residents

	Resident’s subspecialty
Variable	Undecided (n = 35)	NM (n = 9)	Radiology (n = 70)	P*
Age (y)				0.259^†
20 − 25	0	0	0
26–30	21	2	24
31–35	10	4	41
36–40	0	1	3
41+	4	1	1
Not indicated		1	1
Sex				0.981^‡
Male	18	3	31
Female	17	5	38
Not indicated	0	1	1
Exposure to NM education before residency	13	1	23	0.342^‡
Completed or ongoing work on PhD thesis	16	7	40	0.409^‡
Interest in scientific research				0.135^†
Low	6	2	11
Mid	16	0	27
High	10	6	18
Not indicated	3	1	14
Clinical working experience before residency	27	5	38	0.777^‡
Inspired by someone to choose subspecialty	NA	3	32	0.728^‡
Attractive circumstances for NM subspecialty	9	5	28	0.595^‡
Unattractive NM subspecialty circumstances	4	2	19	0.931^‡
Influence of attractive or unattractive circumstances	NA	3	6	0.100^‡
Influence of future employment chances	NA	4	13	0.178^‡
Preference of future working place				0.361^‡
Academic	11	3	29
Nonacademic	19	3	30
Elsewhere	5	3	10
No choice	0	0	1

*Differences between NM and radiology residents.
↵^†According to Mann–Whitney test.
↵^‡According to χ² test.
NM = nuclear medicine; NA = not applicable.
Of the 9 NM residents, 7 had already started NM training and 2 had decided to choose it. Of the 70 radiology residents, 47 had already started radiology training and 23 had decided to choose it.