Furthermore, while differing medical specialties make 'contamination' (i.e., personnel changes) between the ID and CD unlikely, we cannot definitely exclude such an effect.
A secondary study aim was to investigate whether physicians' experiences differed from specialty to specialty.
Although previous studies have showed that physicians' intentions to leave differ among specialties, physicians working in high-risk specialties are less satisfied [ 13, 14] and more inclined to change jobs [ 15].
No other factors differed significantly between respondents choosing difference specialties at FY2.
The second objective was to investigate if and how any relations between teaching qualities and being seen as role models differed across specialties and residency years.
Relative treatment outcome importance differed between specialties.
Expectations were found to differ between specialties.
In the postgraduate curriculum documents, attention to cultural diversity differed among specialties and was mainly superficial.
Our survey highlighted that the issues and priorities relevant to resident education may differ across specialties.
