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Medical students’ career decision-making stress during clinical clerkships Cover

Medical students’ career decision-making stress during clinical clerkships

Open Access
|Dec 2022

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Hypothesized model and SEM results. Note: Dotted lines indicate non-significant relationships. ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05 (2-tailed), controlled for gender differences

Table 1

Means, standard deviations, and correlations

M (SD)

 1

 2

 3

 4

 5

 6

 7

8

9

10

1. Clerkship length

34.11 (23.64)

2. Future work self

 3.17 (0.82)

 0.20**

3. Choice irreversibility

 4.21 (1.21)

−0.03

−0.08

4. Time pressure

 3.07 (0.91)

 0.12*

−0.18**

 0.38**

5. CDM self-efficacy*

 3.69 (0.65)

 0.06

 0.52**

−0.22**

−0.34**

6. Supervisory support

 4.48 (1.17)

−0.11*

 0.06

 0.03

−0.07

 0.14**

7. Medical school career support

 3.58 (1.02)

−0.01

 0.14**

−0.06

−0.14**

 0.17**

 0.35**

8. Study load

 3.26 (0.75)

 0.03

−0.02

 0.09

 0.13**

−0.06

−0.21**

−0.07

9. Competition

 5.45 (0.96)

 0.23**

 0.11*

 0.08

 0.17**

 0.06

−0.12*

−0.06

0.25**

10. Career decision-making stress

 3.13 (1.05)

 0.16**

−0.32**

 0.27**

 0.61**

−0.38**

−0.09

−0.11*

0.23**

0.21**

**p < 0.01 *p < 0.05 (2-tailed); *career decision-making self-efficacy

Table 2

Results of two MANOVAs testing medical school and gender differencesa

Medical schools

Gender

Dependent variable

Sum of squares

Df

Mean Square

F

P

Partial η2

Sum of squares

Df

Mean Square

F

p

Partial η2

Future work self

 0.12

1

 0.12

 0.18

  0.67

< 0.001

1.37

1

1.37

2.13

0.15

< 0.01

Career choice irreversibility

 0.31

1

 0.31

 0.21

  0.65

< 0.001

2.12

1

2.12

1.45

0.23

< 0.01

Time pressure

 0.07

1

 0.07

 0.09

  0.76

< 0.001

0.31

1

0.31

0.38

0.54

< 0.001

Career decision-making self-efficacy

 0.34

1

 0.34

 0.83

  0.36

< 0.01

0.04

1

0.04

0.09

0.76

< 0.001

Supervisory support

44.16

1

44.16

35.37

< 0.001

  0.08

0.31

1

0.31

0.23

0.64

< 0.001

Medical school career support

 1.61

1

 1.61

 1.60

  0.21

< 0.01

0.57

1

0.57

0.56

0.45

< 0.01

Study load

10.41

1

10.41

18.98

< 0.001

  0.04

2.82

1

2.82

4.97

0.03

  0.01

Competition

34.31

1

34.31

43.65

< 0.001

  0.09

0.13

1

0.13

0.15

0.69

< 0.001

Career decision-making stress

 0.77

1

 0.77

 0.73

  0.39

< 0.01

4.39

1

4.39

4.17

0.04

  0.01

aLength in clerkships was included as covariate

Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 30, 2022
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Accepted on: Nov 25, 2022
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Published on: Dec 7, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2022 Daan A. H. Fris, Annelies E. M. van Vianen, Jessie Koen, Matthijs de Hoog, Anne P. J. de Pagter, published by Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
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