Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted proportional odds ratios of medical students wanting to ultimately care for an underserved or vulnerable population
From: Medical student volunteerism and interest in working with underserved and vulnerable populations
Medical student characteristics | Proportional odds ratios (ORs) of medical students wanting to ultimately care for an underserved or vulnerable population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusteda OR (95% CI) | Adjustedb OR (95% CI) | |
Premedical volunteerism composite variable^ | |||
Lowest tertile | (ref) | (ref) | (ref) |
Middle tertile | 3.94 (1.59, 9.78) | 2.72 (0.99, 7.36) | 4.34 (1.32, 14.32) |
Highest tertile | 5.92 (2.31, 15.13) | 4.33 (1.51, 12.40) | 5.68 (1.63, 19.81) |
Being from a rural hometown* | 1.91 (0.91, 4.00) | 1.27 (0.44, 3.67) | |
Medical school academic percentile^ | |||
Lowest tertile | (ref) | (ref) | |
Middle tertile | 1.29 (0.54, 3.06) | 2.40 (0.80, 7.19) | |
Highest tertile | 0.33 (0.14, 0.79) | 0.58 (0.18, 1.83) | |
Long-term career goals^ | |||
Other specialty/ | (ref) | (ref) | |
Subspecialise | |||
Undecided | 2.45 (1.02, 5.82) | 1.64 (0.59, 4.54) | |
Primary care | 4.39 (1.60, 12.05) | 1.95 (0.57, 6.73) | |
Desire to locate practice in underserved area^ | |||
No | (ref) | ||
Maybe | 12.49 (4.79, 43.75) | ||
Yes | 47.40 (13.67, 164.3) | ||