Does it take experience?
Office primary care, family medicine, general practice, psychiatry, emergency care were considered front line medical careers. In the following graphic the percentage found in these careers were compared by age groups. About 42% of medical students who graduated at age 23 were found in front line specialties. This increased to 70% for the oldest medical students. The youngest graduates had 30% found in minor specialties or careers not on the front line and this decreased below 20% with older age at graduation.
Older graduates are more likely to be found in the front line careers.
Medical experts tout the advantages of older graduates.
Medical schools have also found ways to admit older graduates, including separate pathways to admission.
Older Grads are less likely to be the children of physicians and professionals. (Harth, AAMC Minorities in Medicine)
Major schools of business delay entry of graduates so that they can evaluate their future performance better and also so that their graduate students can understand the concepts that they are attempting to teach.
Seems like we should have more older graduates for those in charge of health care, perhaps health care would then work as well as business, and might even make business work better.
Divisions in Physician Career and Location Choice Related to Age at Graduation
Age at Graduation and Physician Specialty
Logistic Regressions: Location
Logistic Regression: Career Choice