Workshop with medical students on physicians’ earning opportunities, workload and job satisfaction increases the attractiveness of working self-employed and working in general practice

Table 2 Comparison between students who favoured or considered a GP career and those who did not

Has today’s workshop changed your perception regarding the attractiveness of …	GP career is favoured or considered		Other students		p
	n	mean ± SD	n	mean ± SD	p
working in a self-employed setting? ^a
… in general	107	0.7 ± 0.7	167	0.4 ± 0.6	< 0.001
… in terms of workload	113	0.1 ± 0.6	178	0.2 ± 0.6	0.304
… in terms of job satisfaction	112	0.8 ± 0.7	179	0.5 ± 0.6	< 0.001
… in terms of earning opportunities	112	0.9 ± 0.7	178	0.7 ± 0.7	0.004
… in terms of the cost–benefit ratio	113	0.5 ± 0.6	179	0.3 ± 0.7	0.047
… working as a general practitioner? ^a
… in general	99	0.6 ± 0.6	159	0.1 ± 0.4	< 0.001
… in terms of workload	111	0.1 ± 0.7	177	0.1 ± 0.5	0.468
… in terms of job satisfaction	113	0.6 ± 0.6	178	0.3 ± 0.5	< 0.001
… in terms of earning opportunities	112	0.8 ± 0.7	178	0.4 ± 0.7	< 0.001
… in terms of the cost–benefit ratio	113	0.4 ± 0.6	178	0.1 ± 0.5	< 0.001

^a Scale: -2 = clearly decreased attractiveness; -1 = slightly decreased attractiveness; 0 = no change in attractiveness; + 1 = slightly increased attractiveness; + 2 = clearly increased attractiveness

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