Inclination towards research and the pursuit of a research career among medical students: an international cohort study

Table 3 Change in inclination towards research (multinomial logistic regression)

Factors	Increase inclination towards research		Decrease inclination towards research
Factors	Bivariate (OR)	Multivariate^a (OR)	Bivariate (OR)	Multivariate^a (OR)
Role model during medical school by final year	0.93 (0.52–1.67)	0.86 (0.46–1.61)	0.40 (0.20–0.80)*	0.37 (0.18–0.79)*
Desire to learn more about biostatistics	1.68 (1.03–2.74)*	1.64 (0.94–2.86)	0.71 (0.43–1.18)	0.76 (0.44–1.32)
Understanding of study design terms in journal articles	0.76 (0.48–1.20)	–	0.56 (0.35–0.89)*

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