Table 2.

Odds and 95% CIs from logistic regression models examining experience of global health course, student background factors, and institutional factors and an interest in global health among medical students, The Nationwide Survey of Medical Students’ Global Health Exposure, 2021, Korea (n = 2450)

Variables		Medical students’ interest in global health
		OR	95% CI
Experience of global health course
Global health course participation	No (ref.)
	Yes	1.29*	(1.00–1.67)
Student background factors
Gender	Male (ref.)
	Female	1.12	(0.93–1.36)
English proficiency	Advanced (ref.)
	Intermediate	1.09	(0.69–1.73)
	Basic	1.34	(0.83–2.15)
Overseas experience	None (ref.)
	Less than 6 months	1.20	(0.91–1.59)
	More than 6 months	1.12	(0.84–1.48)
Academic year	1st year (ref.)
	2nd year	0.92	(0.72–1.17)
	3rd year	0.71*	(0.54–0.94)
	4th year	0.70*	(0.53–0.94)
Medical program	Standard entry (ref.)
	Graduate entry	1.32*	(1.01–1.72)
Career aspiration in global health	No (ref.)
	Yes	6.06*	(4.95–7.41)
Institutional factors
Locations of medical school	Seoul Capital Area (ref.)
	Chungcheong area	1.05	(0.78–1.42)
	Honam-Jeju area	1.12	(0.84–1.51)
	Daegu-Gyeongbuk-Gangwon area	1.02	(0.78–1.34)
	Busan-Gyeongnam area	0.98	(0.71–1.36)
Types of medical school	Public (ref.)
	Private	1.06	(0.85–1.33)
School curricula on global health	Yes (ref.)
	No	1.15	(0.82–1.60)
	Don’t know	0.77	(0.56–1.06)
Constant		0.22*	(0.12–0.41)

Pseudo R² = 0.1356*

*p < 0.05