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- Figure 1. Mean general practice appeal by experience type. GP = general practice.
Tables
- Table 1. Predictors of finding general practice appealing as a future career (pooled results from 10 multiple imputations). Predictors ordered by significance level
Predictora Unstandardised estimate (b) SE Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI P value Intercept 2.060 0.392 1.292 2.827 <0.00001 Wanting to practice in rural location 0.153 0.021 0.111 0.194 <0.00001b Wanting to practice close to where they live or grew up 0.128 0.02 0.089 0.168 <0.00001b Has had at least one GP experience 0.365 0.061 0.245 0.485 <0.00001b Wanting to practice overseas –0.107 0.022 –0.150 –0.065 <0.00001b Wanting to practice in the NHS 0.133 0.028 0.077 0.189 <0.00001b Personality trait: agreeable 0.131 0.028 0.075 0.187 <0.00001b Wanting to practice in the armed forces –0.077 0.017 –0.111 –0.042 0.00001b Wanting to practice in the private sector 0.090 0.022 0.047 0.133 0.00004b Motivated by an economically secure occupation 0.099 0.026 0.049 0.150 0.00011b Motivated by a challenging role under pressure –0.098 0.026 –0.150 –0.047 0.00019b Wanting to practice in an urban area –0.11 0.03 –0.169 –0.050 0.00032b Motivated by being helpful to others and society 0.159 0.049 0.063 0.255 0.00116b Asian ethnicity 0.165 0.054 0.059 0.270 0.0022 Has had at least one hospital experience –0.146 0.048 –0.240 –0.051 0.00247 GCSE points –0.005 0.002 –0.008 –0.001 0.00705 Personality trait: conscientious –0.075 0.028 –0.131 –0.020 0.00782 Wanting to practice in a deprived area 0.063 0.024 0.016 0.110 0.00846 Motivated by expressing own values and interests –0.062 0.026 –0.112 –0.012 0.01487 'Other' ethnicityc 0.272 0.113 0.050 0.493 0.01643 Personality trait: neurotic –0.042 0.018 –0.079 –0.006 0.02197 Attends a private school –0.145 0.065 –0.273 –0.018 0.0259 Personality trait: extraverted –0.042 0.019 –0.080 –0.004 0.03175 Black ethnicity 0.151 0.086 –0.017 0.319 0.07784 Wanting to practice in an affluent area 0.044 0.029 –0.012 0.100 0.12622 Attends a grammar school –0.096 0.069 –0.231 0.040 0.16673 Motivated by opportunities to travel –0.011 0.023 –0.056 0.033 0.62023 Mixed ethnicity 0.039 0.106 –0.169 0.247 0.71371 Total number of experiences related to medicine –0.002 0.012 –0.025 0.021 0.88662 Personality trait: open –0.002 0.022 –0.044 0.041 0.94475 aReference category for ethnic groups = White ethnic group; reference category for school type = state-funded school. bBonferroni corrected significance level = 0.0017. cIncludes Arab ethnicity. SE = standard error.
- Table 2. Predictors of having at least one GP experience (pooled results from 10 multiple imputations). Predictors ordered by significance level
Predictora Unstandardised estimate (b) SE OR Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI P value Total number of experiences relating to medicine 0.30 0.02 1.36 1.30 1.41 <0.0001b Attends a private school 0.50 0.12 1.65 1.31 2.08 <0.0001b Has at least one parent/carer in ‘professional’ socioeconomic group 0.48 0.12 1.62 1.28 2.05 0.0001b 'Other' ethnicityc –0.99 0.31 0.37 0.20 0.67 0.0011b Attends a grammar school 0.28 0.13 1.33 1.02 1.72 0.0321b Mixed ethnicity –0.42 0.24 0.66 0.41 1.05 0.0779 Has at least one parent/carer who is a doctor 0.23 0.14 1.26 0.96 1.66 0.0948 Number of medical students or doctors the applicant knows 0.07 0.04 1.07 0.99 1.16 0.098 Mean GCSE points 0.01 0.01 1.01 1.00 1.01 0.1263 Black ethnicity –0.27 0.18 0.76 0.53 1.08 0.1285 Asian ethnicity –0.05 0.11 0.95 0.77 1.18 0.6525 Has had at least one hospital medicine experience 0.03 0.10 1.03 0.85 1.25 0.7787 Lives in a less deprived postcode –0.01 0.02 1.00 0.96 1.03 0.851 Number of other applicants to medicine that the applicant knows 0.0007 0.04 1.00 0.92 1.08 0.9853 aReference category for ethnic groups is the White ethnic group; reference category for school type is state-funded school. bPredictors statistically significant at the Bonferroni corrected level = 0.0035. cIncludes Arab ethnicity. OR = odds ratio. SE = standard error.
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