Table 5 Mean, SD of items and their loading on each component of “other peoples’ views of GP/FM”
Mean | SD | Component loadings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. within the medical community | 2. outside the medical community | |||
Peers at medical school | 5.33 | 2.04 | .847 | |
Overall culture of medical school (including school curriculum) | 5.68 | 2.20 | .836 | |
Lecturers and trainers at medical school | 6.17 | 1.88 | .810 | |
Doctors on placements in other specialties | 5.05 | 1.91 | .762 | |
Family members and/or friends who have a medical background (non-GPs) | 5.37 | 1.94 | .654 | |
GPs on placements | 7.09 | 1.81 | .487 | |
General public | 5.73 | 1.99 | .886 | |
Entertainment, TV (e.g., sitcoms, documentaries) | 5.77 | 1.99 | .848 | |
Newspapers, online news articles or TV news | 6.19 | 1.84 | .801 | |
Family members and/or friends (without medical background) | 5.19 | 2.45 | .733 | |
Family members and/or friends who are GPs | 6.72 | 2.00 | .308 | .337 |
Variance explained | 43.6% | 14.3% | ||