Choosing a Medical Specialty: A Critique of Literature in the Light of "Curious Findings"

Recent literature pertaining to medical specialty choice was reviewed and a large number of potentially useful independent variables were identified. Available data on these variables were subjected to analyses by the crosslagged panel correlation technique and by a stepwise multiple discriminantfunction. On the whole, results indicated that the variables most commonly used in prior studies have little utility. Detailed interpretation offindings of the