From: Family medicine vocational training and career satisfaction in Hong Kong
Total | Satisfied (n = 295,81.9%) | Unsatisfied (n = 65,18.1%) | P-value1 | |
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Global Job Satisfaction | 8.7 ± 1.5 | 9.1 ± 1.2 | 7.2 ± 1.6 | < 0.001 |
Global Career Satisfaction | 6.4 ± 1.0 | 6.6 ± 0.9 | 5.8 ± 1.2 | < 0.001 |
Family Medicine (Global) Specialty Satisfaction | 5.8 ± 1.1 | 6.0 ± 1.0 | 4.9 ± 1.3 | < 0.001 |
Details of training | ||||
I was given a choice as to what kind training I can receive | < 0.001 | |||
Agree | 275 (75.5%) | 253 (86.1%) | 19 (29.2%) | |
Disagree | 89 (24.5%) | 41 (13.9%) | 46 (70.8%) | |
I do not have an adequate number of training sessions over the last 12 monthsa | < 0.001 | |||
Agree | 139 (38.8%) | 89 (30.6%) | 49 (76.6%) | |
Disagree | 219 (61.2%) | 202 (69.4%) | 15 (23.4%) | |
I do not have protected time for training sessionsa | < 0.001 | |||
Agree | 88 (24.4%) | 53 (18.1%) | 33 (51.6%) | |
Disagree | 272 (75.6%) | 240 (81.9%) | 31 (48.4%) | |
My training has prepared me to become a proficient doctor working in the GOPC | < 0.001 | |||
Agree | 315 (87.0%) | 279 (95.2%) | 34 (52.3%) | |
Disagree | 47 (13.0%) | 14 (4.8%) | 31 (47.7%) | |
My training was broad and in depth | < 0.001 | |||
Agree | 270 (74.8%) | 248 (84.9%) | 19 (29.2%) | |
Disagree | 91 (25.2%) | 44 (15.1%) | 46 (70.8%) | |
Likeliness to recommend the training received to others (1–10), mean ± sd | 7.0 ± 1.7 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | < 0.001 |
0–6 | 106 (29.3%) | 56 (19.0%) | 48 (76.2%) | < 0.001 |
7–10 | 256 (70.7%) | 239 (81.0%) | 15 (23.8%) | |
Demographics | ||||
Cluster | 0.018 | |||
A | 38 (10.4%) | 30 (10.2%) | 8 (12.3%) | |
B | 55 (15.0%) | 50 (17.0%) | 4 (6.2%) | |
C | 33 (9.0%) | 25 (8.5%) | 8 (12.3%) | |
D | 35 (9.5%) | 33 (11.2%) | 1 (1.5%) | |
E | 85 (23.2%) | 66 (22.4%) | 18 (27.7%) | |
F | 68 (18.5%) | 47 (16.0%) | 18 (27.7%) | |
G | 53 (14.4%) | 43 (14.6%) | 8 (12.3%) | |
Gender | 0.453 | |||
Male | 191 (52.6%) | 156 (53.6%) | 31 (48.4%) | |
Female | 172 (47.4%) | 135 (46.4%) | 33 (51.6%) | |
Age | 0.730 | |||
25–34 | 102 (28.2%) | 85 (29.3%) | 16 (25.0%) | |
35–44 | 201 (55.5%) | 157 (54.1%) | 38 (59.4%) | |
45 or above | 59 (16.3%) | 48 (16.6%) | 10 (15.6%) | |
Type of doctor | 0.054 | |||
Service doctor | 101 (27.7%) | 74 (25.3%) | 25 (38.5%) | |
Basic trainee / Higher trainee | 108 (29.6%) | 93 (31.8%) | 13 (20.0%) | |
FM specialist | 156 (42.7%) | 125 (42.8%) | 27 (41.5%) | |
Place of graduation | 0.489 | |||
Hong Kong | 312 (86.2%) | 249 (85.6%) | 56 (88.9%) | |
Outside Hong Kong | 50 (13.8%) | 42 (14.4%) | 7 (11.1%) |