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Table 2 Ratinga of factors in the short-term (during medical school and through postgraduate years 1-4), and long-term (registrar training and beyond), that would improve or worsen by pursing research during medical school

From: What will it take? Pathways, time and funding: Australian medical students’ perspective on clinician-scientist training

Please choose to what degree you feel the following factors would be improved or worsened by pursuing research during your medical training.

Much worse

% (n)

Worse

% (n)

Neither worse nor improved

% (n)

Improved

% (n)

Much improved

% (n)

Job prospects

 Short-term

0.3 (1)

1.0 (4)

20.0 (76)

60.0 (214)

21.0 (81)

 Long-term

0.0 (0)

0.5 (2)

10 (37)

55 (207)

35 (131)

Income

 Short-term

1.0 (5)

7.0 (25)

72.0 (269)

17.0 (64)

3.5 (13)

 Long-term

0.0 (0)

3.99 (15)

36.97 (139)

181 48.14%

41 10.90%

Professional advancement/opportunities

 Short-term

0.0 (0)

0.5 (2)

12.5 (47)

62.7 (236)

24.2 (91)

 Long-term

0.0 (0)

0.5 (2)

8.5 (32)

60.1 (226)

30.9 (116)

Personal life balance

 Short-term

13 (49)

56.8 (214)

23.9 (90)

5.6 (21)

0.8 (3)

 Long-term

9.0 (34)

32.4 (122)

44.0 (166)

11.4 (43)

3.2 (12)

Career independence/autonomy

 Short-term

0.8 (3)

5.8 (22)

48.8 (184)

39.8 (150)

4.7 (18)

 Long-term

0.0 (0)

3.7 (14)

34.8 (131)

49.3 (186)

12.2 (46)

Career options

 Short-term

0.3 (1)

1.3 (5)

17.2 (65)

64.2 (64)

17.0 (64)

 Long-term

0.3 (1)

0.8 (3)

10.6 (40)

63.0 (237)

25.3 (95)

  1. aRatings were on a 5 point Likert scale from 1 = much worse to 5 = much improved