Table 4. Media representation of GPs/negativity from staff, students, family and friends/quality of experience of GP as a patient or relative (0 = extremely negatively/not at all/very negative; 100 = extremely positively/a great deal/very positive)
VariableAnglia Ruskin University (ARU)University of East Anglia (UEA)University of Cambridge (UOC)TotalKruskal Wallis (H), (p-value)
Mean (sd)25th perc.Median75th perc.Mean (sd)25th perc.Median75th perc.Mean (sd)25th perc.Median75th perc.Mean (sd)25th perc.Median75th perc.
Media *54.81 (21.36)40507158.64 (20.27)41617355.51 (19.44)40587056.37 (20.04)406071F(2)=1.44, P=0.238
Negativity from academics, clinicians and/ or educational trainers14.51 (23.19)051521.56 (24.94)0103218.75 (24.31)072918.94 (24.39)0830H(2)=5.66, P=0.06
Negativity from medical students29.90 (29.95)1225333.37 (28.30)7305227.81 (27.33)1215029.89 (28.13)22350H(2)=4.54, P=0.10
Negativity from family and friends21.68 (27.64)083027.77 (31.05)1155727.34 (29.67)1135026.55 (29.81)11150H(2)=2.73, P=0.25
Experience of general practice as a patient or relative65.66 (26.04)50708370.64 (26.09)58807568.32 (25.51)51758968.61 (25.51)507789H(2)=3.37, P=0.186
  • The minimum and the maximum for all variables and schools was 0 and 100 correspondingly, and it is omitted from the table for space economy.

  • * Denotes that ANOVA F test was done for this variable rather than Kruskal–Wallis test as data met its assumptions

  • ARU
    Anglia Ruskin University
    UEA
    University of East Anglia
    UOC
    University of Cambridge
    perc.
    percentile
    SD
    standard deviation