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Table 1 Physician’s self-evaluation regarding interest in family medicine and certain professional skills

From: Impact on core values of family medicine from a 2-year Master’s programme in Gezira, Sudan: observational study

Question

All (N = 188)

All (N = 110)

Males (N = 43)

Females (N = 67)

Before

After

P value

Before

After

P value

Before

After

P value

Physician’s interest in family medicine

 Not/Little/Somewhat

23.4

16.8

7.3

< 0.001

16.7

7.0

0.022

16.9

7.6

0.002

 Much

43.1

44.9

28.4

35.7

18.6

50.8

34.8

 Very much

33.5

38.3

64.2

47.6

74.4

32.3

57.6

Self-evaluation regarding caring about patient’s psychosocial aspects

 Yes

45.7

49.5

74.8

0.001

48.8

73.8

0.056

50.0

75.4

0.001

 Sometimes

42.5

39.0

17.8

36.6

23.8

40.6

13.8

 No

11.8

11.4

7.5

14.6

2.4

9.4

10.8

Practicing health promotion at the community level

 Yes

17.3

21.5

82.5

< 0.001

33.3

86.2

< 0.001

15.0

80.4

< 0.001

 Sometimes

3.2

2.2

2.5

3.0

3.4

1.7

2.0

 No

79.5

76.3

15.0

63.6

10.3

83.3

17.6

Physicians’ satisfaction regarding the communication with local community

 Not/Little/Somewhat

44.9

38.8

24.8

< 0.001

26.8

11.6

0.077

46.8

33.3

0.001

 Much

39.3

42.7

29.4

39.0

27.9

45.2

30.3

 Very much

15.8

18.4

45.9

34.1

60.5

8.1

36.4

Confidence as a health team leader

 Very confident

16.8

19.2

35.5

0.008

26.8

41.9

0.378

14.3

31.3

0.018

 Confident

54.1

53.8

52.7

48.8

48.8

57.1

55.2

 Not fully confident/Uncertain/Not able

29.1

26.9

11.8

24.4

9.3

28.6

13.4

Physicians’ satisfaction regarding the communication with other employees

 Not/Little/Somewhat

36.1

36.9

16.5

< 0.001

26.8

14.0

0.015

43.5

18.2

< 0.001

 Much

41.5

43.7

33.0

51.2

34.9

38.7

31.8

 Very much

22.4

19.4

50.5

22.0

51.2

17.7

50.0

  1. Data compares before and after GFMP by gender including candidates who answered both before and after questionnaires (N = 110) and from all who participated in the before questionnaire (N = 188). All numbers are column distribution percentages. P-values from McNemar-Bowker tests