Table 1 Descriptions of the three styles of success in a medical career dimensions: cluster analysis (Bineary Euclidean distance measure and Ward’s linkage method)

Postgraduate medical competence

−0.62 ± 0.61

−0.50 ± 0.53

1.17 ± 0.61

48,256***

<0.001

0,53

<0.001***

0,00**

Satisfaction with medicine as a career

0.95 ± 0.68

−0.47 ± 0.47

−0.24 ± 0.85

20,180***

<0.001

<0.001***

<0.001***

0,31

Work stress and burnout

0.33 ± 0.48

−0.27 ± 0.43

0.07 ± 0.45

7,365***

<0.001

<0.001***

0,13

0,03*

QOL General well-being

−0.29 ± 0.81

0.49 ± 0.55

−0.35 ± 0.60

9,499***

<0.001

<0.001***

0,80

<0.001***

QOL Life satisfaction

−0.60 ± 0.78

0.76 ± 0.45

−0.89 ± 0.86

29,090***

<0.001

<0.001***

0,26

<0.001***

QOL Income

3.57 ± 0.51

3.80 ± 0.41

2.63 ± 0.89

16,803***

<0.001

0,31

<0.001***

<0.001***