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Table 3 Survey responses of those with and without exposure and interest

From: Ophthalmology as a career choice among medical students: a survey of students at a Canadian medical school

Factor, mean (SD)

Overall

Previous exposure

No Exposure

P-value

Interest

No interest

P-value

Lifestyle

 Work hoursa

5.39 (1.22)

5.43 (1.33)

5.37 (1.20)

0.653

5.64 (1.36)

5.36 (1.21)

0.307

 Career Flexibilitya

4.22 (1.61)

4.43 (1.85)

4.16 (1.54)

0.330

5.09 (1.97)

4.15 (1.56)

0.042

 Personal Flexibilitya

5.58 (1.16)

5.67 (1.06)

5.55 (1.18)

0.740

5.72 (1.10)

5.56 (1.16)

0.662

 Lifestylea

5.79 (1.14)

5.90 (1.06)

5.76 (1.16)

0.648

6.00 (1.00)

5.77 (1.15)

0.605

 Career Satisfactiona

5.30 (1.22)

5.20 (1.50)

5.33 (1.14)

0.939

5.54 (0.82)

5.28 (1.25)

0.544

 Residency Lengtha

4.67 (1.12)

4.57 (1.48)

4.70 (1.00)

0.866

4.81 (1.17)

4.65 (1.12)

0.399

 Residency Lifestylea

5.07 (1.32)

5.10 (1.45)

5.06 (1.28)

0.761

5.18 (1.54)

5.06 (1.30)

0.588

Culture

 Staff Gender Distribution

4.04 (1.10)

4.23 (1.30)

3.99 (1.03)

0.415

3.73 (1.35)

4.07 (1.08)

0.435

 Staff Approachability - Students

4.47 (1.51)

5.00 (1.62)

4.32 (1.44)

0.009

4.91 (1.70)

4.44 (1.49)

0.241

 Staff Approachability – Patients

4.75 (1.14)

5.33 (1.12)

4.58 (1.09)

< 0.001

5.36 (1.29)

4.69 (1.11)

0.105

 Resident Gender Distribution

4.15 (0.89)

4.30 (1.21)

4.10 (0.77)

0.283

4.18 (1.25)

4.15 (0.85)

0.477

 Resident Approachability – Students

4.81 (1.37)

5.23 (1.52)

4.69 (1.30)

0.029

5.45 (1.04)

4.75 (1.38)

0.093

 Resident Approachability - Patients

4.84 (1.01)

6.17 (1.21)

4.74 (1.04)

0.030

5.64 (1.12)

4.77 (1.06)

0.016

 Patient Relationshipsa

4.13 (1.43)

4.50 (1.63)

4.03 (1.35)

0.124

5.55 (1.29)

4.01 (1.38)

0.002

 Patient Diversity

4.67 (1.38)

4.77 (1.43)

4.65 (1.37)

0.539

5.73 (1.10)

4.58 (1.37)

0.008

 Patient Satisfactiona

5.17 (1.14)

5.37 (1.25)

5.11 (1.10)

0.154

5.64 (1.12)

5.13 (1.13)

0.188

 Intensity

4.15 (1.05)

3.97 (1.03)

4.20 (1.06)

0.566

4.09 (1.14)

4.15 (1.05)

0.958

Prestige

 Competitiveness

6.46 (1.03)

6.33 (1.15)

6.50 (0.99)

0.180

6.73 (0.47)

6.44 (1.06)

0.501

 Prestigea

5.19 (1.54)

5.00 (1.51)

5.24 (1.55)

0.360

5.09 (1.22)

5.19 (1.57)

0.541

 Humility

3.42 (1.25)

3.83 (1.05)

3.30 (1.29)

0.047

4.27 (1.35)

3.35 (1.22)

0.042

 Intelligencea

4.90 (1.13)

5.13 (1.22)

4.84 (1.10)

0.128

5.36 (1.12)

4.86 (1.13)

0.216

 Role in Researcha

5.41 (1.22)

5.57 (1.36)

5.37 (1.18)

0.293

6.00 (1.10)

5.36 (1.22)

0.081

Scope of Practice

 Mix of Urgent and Non-Urgent Carea

4.38 (1.34)

4.80 (1.47)

4.26 (1.29)

0.033

5.00 (1.61)

4.32 (1.31)

0.125

 Inpatient-Outpatient Ratioa

3.71 (1.37)

3.83 (1.68)

3.67 (1.27)

0.686

5.09 (1.58)

3.59 (1.28)

< 0.001

 Rapid Patient Results

5.19 (1.11)

5.30 (1.42)

5.15 (1.02)

0.160

5.36 (1.21)

5.17 (1.11)

0.575

 Range of Practicea

3.90 (1.30)

3.93 (1.41)

3.90 (1.28)

0.836

4.91 (1.58)

3.81 (1.24)

0.019

 Impact on Patient QoLa

5.81 (1.15)

6.27 (1.08)

5.69 (1.14)

0.005

6.36 (1.03)

5.77 (1.15)

0.057

 Clinic – OR Balancea

4.73 (1.12)

5.10 (1.32)

4.62 (1.04)

0.031

5.55 (1.37)

4.65 (1.07)

0.022

Hospital Orientation

 Specialty Interactiona

3.52 (1.20)

3.60 (1.45)

3.50 (1.12)

0.839

4.00 (1.84)

3.48 (1.12)

0.271

 Adequate Job Opportunitiesa

3.92 (1.30)

4.10 (1.25)

3.87 (1.29)

0.473

4.27 (1.85)

3.89 (1.24)

0.423

 Practice Maintenancea

4.17 (1.35)

4.23 (1.33)

4.15 (1.36)

0.685

4.09 (1.64)

4.18 (1.33)

0.656

Subject material

 Exposure in Medical School

2.90 (1.40)

3.53 (1.60)

2.72 (1.30)

0.012

2.18 (0.98)

2.97 (1.41)

0.082

 Concept Simplicity

4.06 (1.31)

4.33 (1.37)

3.98 (1.29)

0.245

4.36 (1.03)

4.03 (1.33)

0.409

 Interesting Material

4.26 (1.42)

4.77 (1.41)

4.11 (1.40)

0.027

4.73 (1.56)

4.22 (1.41)

0.298

 Relevance of Material

4.56 (1.30)

5.13 (1.11)

4.39 (1.31)

0.008

4.45 (0.93)

4.56 (1.33)

0.671

 Applicability of Material

3.27 (1.32)

3.50 (1.28)

3.20 (1.33)

0.205

3.27 (1.49)

3.27 (1.31)

0.997

  1. aDenotes questions used for regression analysis. SD Standard deviation, QoL Quality of life