| Helps with fulfilling my licensure requirements | Helps me update my medical knowledge | Provides objective evidence of my continued level of competence | Contributes to the acceptance/respect others have of the PA profession | Provides personal satisfaction | Helps me monitor or improve the quality of my patient care | ||||||
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Characteristic | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI |
Age (less than 35 ref.) | ||||||||||||
 35–44 | 0.90 | (0.77, 1.06) | 0.77* | (0.66, 0.90) | 0.74* | (0.63, 0.85) | 0.81* | (0.71, 0.91) | 0.78* | (0.70, 0.88) | 0.79* | (0.70, 0.89) |
 45–54 | 0.88 | (0.73, 1.06) | 0.65* | (0.54, 0.77) | 0.55* | (0.47, 0.64) | 0.75* | (0.65, 0.86) | 0.80* | (0.70, 0.91) | 0.67* | (0.59, 0.76) |
 55 +  | 0.71* | (0.58, 0.86) | 0.64* | (0.53, 0.77) | 0.40* | (0.34, 0.48) | 0.68* | (0.58, 0.79) | 0.82* | (0.71, 0.95) | 0.60* | (0.52, 0.70) |
Gender (female ref.) | ||||||||||||
 Male | 0.92 | (0.8, 1.05) | 0.88 | (0.78, 1.00) | 0.86* | (0.76, 0.97) | 0.92 | (0.83, 1.02) | 0.95 | (0.86, 1.05) | 1.07 | (0.96, 1.18) |
Race (White ref.) | ||||||||||||
 Asian | 1.14 | (0.85, 1.56) | 1.36* | (1.02, 1.86) | 0.99 | (0.78, 1.27) | 1.00 | (0.81, 1.25) | 1.11 | (0.91, 1.38) | 1.35* | (1.09, 1.68) |
 Black/African American | 1.17 | (0.81, 1.74) | 2.02* | (1.34, 3.19) | 1.32 | (0.96, 1.86) | 0.9 | (0.69, 1.17) | 1.22 | (0.94, 1.61) | 1.32* | (1.01, 1.74) |
 Other | 1.08 | (0.78, 1.53) | 0.84 | (0.61, 1.16) | 0.97 | (0.73, 1.31) | 0.86 | (0.67, 1.11) | 0.95 | (0.75, 1.23) | 0.96 | (0.75, 1.23) |
Ethnicity (Non-Hispanic/Latino ref.) | ||||||||||||
 Hispanic/Latino | 0.75* | (0.58, 1.00) | 1.46* | (1.08, 2.00) | 1.15 | (0.89, 1.51) | 1.19 | (0.94, 1.50) | 1.28* | (1.02, 1.60) | 1.27* | (1.01, 1.59) |
Specialty (Primary Care ref.) | ||||||||||||
 Surgery–Subspecialties | 1.03 | (0.84, 1.26) | 0.94 | (0.78, 1.13) | 0.57* | (0.48, 0.67) | 0.76* | (0.65, 0.87) | 0.74* | (0.65, 0.85) | 0.51* | (0.44, 0.58) |
 Emergency Medicine | 1.05 | (0.83, 1.33) | 0.91 | (0.74, 1.12) | 1.07 | (0.87, 1.33) | 1.18 | (0.99, 1.42) | 0.96 | (0.81, 1.13) | 1.01 | (0.85, 1.20) |
 Internal Medicine–Subspecialties | 1.01 | (0.80, 1.30) | 1.03 | (0.82, 1.30) | 0.73* | (0.60, 0.90) | 0.96 | (0.80, 1.15) | 0.79* | (0.67, 0.94) | 0.73* | (0.61, 0.86) |
 Dermatology | 0.63* | (0.48, 0.83) | 0.66* | (0.51, 0.86) | 0.38* | (0.30, 0.48) | 0.74* | (0.60, 0.93) | 0.53* | (0.43, 0.64) | 0.40* | (0.32, 0.49) |
 Surgery—General | 0.75 | (0.52, 1.10) | 0.97 | (0.68, 1.44) | 0.91 | (0.64, 1.32) | 0.93 | (0.69, 1.26) | 0.79 | (0.60, 1.05) | 0.83 | (0.62, 1.12) |
 Hospital Medicine | 0.83 | (0.56, 1.26) | 0.94 | (0.64, 1.42) | 0.94 | (0.65, 1.41) | 1.03 | (0.75, 1.43) | 1.18 | (0.86, 1.63) | 1.00 | (0.73, 1.39) |
 Pain Medicine | 0.60* | (0.41, 0.92) | 1.03 | (0.67, 1.65) | 0.76 | (0.52, 1.14) | 0.85 | (0.61, 1.20) | 0.82 | (0.59, 1.14) | 0.77 | (0.55, 1.08) |
 Psychiatry | 0.68 | (0.45, 1.07) | 0.64* | (0.43, 0.97) | 0.53* | (0.37, 0.77) | 0.77 | (0.55, 1.09) | 0.53* | (0.39, 0.73) | 0.49* | (0.36, 0.68) |
 Occupational Medicine | 1.29 | (0.77, 2.32) | 1.13 | (0.71, 1.88) | 0.69 | (0.47, 1.04) | 0.97 | (0.68, 1.43) | 1.02 | (0.71, 1.48) | 1.09 | (0.75, 1.62) |
 Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1.04 | (0.61, 1.91) | 0.93 | (0.57, 1.60) | 0.64 | (0.42, 1.02) | 0.70 | (0.48, 1.04) | 0.61* | (0.42, 0.88) | 0.54* | (0.38, 0.79) |
 Pediatrics-Subspecialties | 1.56 | (0.83, 3.34) | 1.22 | (0.70, 2.30) | 0.56* | (0.37, 0.90) | 0.87 | (0.58, 1.35) | 1.03 | (0.69, 1.58) | 0.53* | (0.37, 0.78) |
 Critical Care Medicine | 0.80 | (0.46, 1.48) | 0.74 | (0.44, 1.30) | 0.57* | (0.36, 0.96) | 0.72 | (0.47, 1.12) | 0.70 | (0.47, 1.07) | 0.67 | (0.44, 1.03) |
 Other | 0.73* | (0.61, 0.88) | 0.88 | (0.73, 1.05) | 0.62* | (0.52, 0.73) | 0.82* | (0.71, 0.95) | 0.78* | (0.68, 0.90) | 0.57* | (0.50, 0.66) |