Table 3 Defining and distinguishing statements for factor 1 (n = 8)
From: Impact of personal goals on the internal medicine R4 subspecialty match: a Q methodology study
No. | Statement | Rank | Z-score |
|---|---|---|---|
Defining statements | |||
Agrees strongly with the following statements | |||
21 | I like a little bit of everything and variety | 3 | 2.71 |
13 | Lifestyle and more control over my practice are important | 3 | 1.81 |
12 | I value more time for my personal life | 2 | 1.38 |
25 | I’d like to do a combination of inpatient and outpatient | 2 | 1.15 |
27 | I want to do procedures as part of my practice | 2 | 1.08 |
Disagrees strongly with the following statements | |||
24 | I prefer an inpatient-based practice | -2 | -1.07 |
9 | The negative interactions with attendings were important | -2 | -1.18 |
29 | I am willing to do as many years as it takes to get the job and subspecialty I want | -2 | -1.30 |
6 | With the amount of knowledge, you can not keep up with GIM | -3 | -1.31 |
2 | GIM doesn’t get any of the interesting single organ diseases | -3 | -1.99 |
Distinguishing statements | |||
Agrees with the following statements more than other factors | |||
21 | I like a little bit of everything and variety | 3 | 2.71* |
4 | I really like the general medicine population of patients | 1 | 0.78 |
7 | GIM patients are too complex | 0 | 0.30* |
17 | I want to work in a smaller community | 0 | -0.17* |
Disagrees with the following statements more than other factors | |||
35 | I want to be valued in what I’m doing | 0 | 0.48 |
5 | I prefer to be an expert in my area | 0 | -0.22* |
32 | The fact that subspecialists can also be general internists is important to me | -1 | -0.61* |
16 | I want to be in a large city | -1 | -0.71* |
24 | I prefer an inpatient-based practice | -2 | -1.07* |
2 | GIM doesn’t get any of the interesting single organ diseases | -3 | -1.99 |