Table 1a. Intention to become a doctor and likelihood of choosing different careers, disaggregated by medical school (0 = definitely not/highly unlikely; 100 = definitely yes/highly likely)

Career intention	ARU						UEA						UOC						Kruskal–Wallis (H),(P value)
Career intention	Mean (SD)	Min	25^th perc.	Median	75^th perc.	Max	Mean(SD)	Min	25^th perc.	Median	75^th perc.	Max	Mean(SD)	Min	25^th perc.	Median	75^th perc.	Max	Kruskal–Wallis (H),(P value)
As a doctor	97.44 (8.26)	40	100	100	100	100	95.16 (13.41)	0	97	100	100	100	89.69(16.35)	11	85	98	100	100	H(2) = 39.74, P<0.001
As a GP	51.91 (28.46)	0	34	53	71	100	54.10 (28.09)	0	30	60	75	100	35.08 (26.78)	0	13	28	53	100	H(2) = 47.16, P<0.001
Anaesthetics	43.08 (28.26)	0	20	50	66	94	42.63 (28.17)	0	19	45	67	100	51.84 (25.41)	0	37	59	70	100	H(2) = 12.78, P = 0.002
Dermatology	46.71 (30.17)	0	21	50	62	100	44.98 (29.64)	0	20	50	70	100	41.51 (26.48)	0	20	40	60	100	H(2) = 2.28, P = 0.320
Emergency Medicine	53.67 (29.37)	0	31	58	78	100	60.01 (29.73)	0	41	65	82	100	55.93 (26.38)	0	38	62	75	100	H(2) = 4.13, P = 0.127
Geriatrics	27.47 (25.07)	0	0	20	50	86	30.92 (26.45)	0	7	28	50	100	33.16 (22.55)	0	17	34	50	92	H(2) = 5.09, P = 0.079
Hospital Medicine (the physicianly specialties)	66.01 (23.20)	0	55	70	80	100	65.22 (23.01)	0	50	70	80	100	69.64 (20.22)	0	58	72	84	100	H(2) = 3.04, P = 0.219
Obstetrics & Gynaecology	48.87 (29.17)	0	20	53	70	100	48.34 (30.34)	0	22	50	70	100	50.36 (28.45)	0	30	54	71	100	H(2) = 0.34, P = 0.843
Paediatrics	66.68 (29.91)	0	56	75	90	100	60.51 (33.08)	0	30	67	90	100	56.11 (28.17)	0	35	59	80	100	H(2) = 11.54, P = 0.003
Pathology	31.58 (26.94)	0	2	30	50	100	23.68 (24.66)	0	0	19	40	94	44.43 (26.13)	0	25	50	65	100	H(2) = 59.56, P<0.001
Psychiatry	43.20 (33.47)	0	4	41	69	100	48.45 (30.42)	0	20	55	70	100	41.43 (26.87)	0	19	42	62	98	H(2) = 5.99, P = 0.050
Public Health	29.06 (25.11)	0	0	29	50	100	30.44 (26.73)	0	4	25	50	95	41.92 (28.16)	0	17	41	62	100	H(2) = 22.35, P<0.001
Radiology	38.48 (29.96)	0	4	43	63	100	39.93 (28.57)	0	17	41	61	100	41.95 (26.15)	0	25	43	62	100	H(2) = 0.95, P = 0.619
Surgery	58.99 (33.48)	0	30	66	86	100	59.97 (32.11)	0	40	66	85	100	67.48 (28.19)	0	50	75	90	100	H(2) = 5.98, P = 0.05
Outside of medicine	15.16 (21.79)	0	0	1	28	75	21.91 (29.14)	0	0	5	45	100	28.75 (28.60)	0	1	20	51	100	H(2) = 20.98, P<0.001

SD
standard deviation
ARU
Anglia Ruskin University
UOC
University of Cambridge
UEA
University of East Anglia
perc.
percentile