Table 2 Graduates’ satisfaction scores with different aspects of the programme, by background characteristics
From: Graduates’ satisfaction with and attitudes towards a master programme in dental public health
Characteristics | Quality of teaching and learning | Assessment and feedback | Organization and management | Learning resources | Skills and personal development | Career and professional development | Overall experience | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | |
All participants | 1.66 | (1.22) | 0.93 | (1.52) | 1.20 | (1.23) | 1.68 | (0.99) | 1.41 | (1.24) | 1.49 | (1.52) | 1.54 | (1.21) |
Sex | ||||||||||||||
Women | 1.36 | (1.36) | 0.64 | (1.50) | 1.00 | (1.31) | 1.45 | (1.06) | 1.00 | (1.38) | 1.14 | (1.75) | 1.14 | (1.39) |
Men | 2.00 | (0.94) | 1.26 | (1.52) | 1.42 | (1.12) | 1.95 | (0.85) | 1.89 | (0.88) | 1.89 | (1.10) | 2.00 | (0.75) |
p value a | 0.101 | 0.282 | 0.335 | 0.112 | 0.032 b | 0.086 | 0.023 b | |||||||
Age group | ||||||||||||||
<35 years | 1.59 | (1.54) | 0.82 | (1.67) | 1.24 | (1.25) | 1.88 | (1.17) | 1.35 | (1.50) | 1.12 | (1.93) | 1.41 | (1.42) |
35-44 years | 1.54 | (1.05) | 1.38 | (1.19) | 1.46 | (1.05) | 1.77 | (0.93) | 1.38 | (1.26) | 1.30 | (1.18) | 1.69 | (1.11) |
45+ years | 1.91 | (0.83) | 0.55 | (1.63) | 0.82 | (1.40) | 1.27 | (0.65) | 1.55 | (0.82) | 2.27 | (0.79) | 1.55 | (1.04) |
p valuea | 0.376 | 0.122 | 0.011 b | 0.215 | 0.847 | 0.635 | 0.462 | |||||||
Nationality | ||||||||||||||
British | 2.44 | (0.53) | 1.44 | (1.33) | 1.78 | (0.67) | 1.78 | (0.83) | 2.11 | (0.78) | 2.56 | (0.53) | 2.00 | (0.71) |
South Asian | 1.39 | (1.42) | 0.94 | (1.51) | 1.17 | (1.10) | 1.72 | (1.02) | 1.22 | (1.35) | 0.72 | (1.71) | 1.28 | (1.41) |
Other | 1.50 | (1.09) | 0.57 | (1.65) | 0.86 | (1.56) | 1.57 | (1.09) | 1.21 | (1.25) | 1.79 | (1.19) | 1.57 | (1.16) |
p valuea | 0.469 | 0.841 | 0.454 | 0.771 | 0.269 | 0.249 | 0.699 | |||||||
Time since graduation | ||||||||||||||
After 2010 | 1.43 | (1.43) | 0.48 | (1.69) | 0.81 | (1.40) | 1.81 | (1.12) | 1.29 | (1.42) | 1.14 | (1.77) | 1.24 | (1.37) |
2000-2010 | 1.63 | (0.92) | 1.50 | (1.20) | 1.63 | (0.74) | 1.63 | (0.74) | 1.50 | (1.07) | 1.50 | (1.31) | 1.88 | (0.99) |
Before 2000 | 2.08 | (0.90) | 1.33 | (1.23) | 1.58 | (1.00) | 1.50 | (0.90) | 1.58 | (1.08) | 2.08 | (1.00) | 1.83 | (0.94) |
p valuea | 0.232 | 0.055 | 0.025 b | 0.579 | 0.936 | 0.210 | 0.135 | |||||||