Table 4 Encouraging and discouraging factors in joint training process
Encouraging Factors | % | Discouraging factors | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Interest/passion for work | 50 | Length of training | 31 |
Supportive mentorship | 32 | Lack of role models | 25 |
Institutional support | 23 | Financial difficulties | 18 |
Benefit of an alternate perspective to pure medical training | 13 | Cultural gap between medicine and graduate field | 18 |
Peer support | 12 | ||
No encouraging factors noted | 10 | No discouraging factors noted | 25 |