Table 2. Change of Interest Amongst UK Medical Students in Pursuing a Career in General Practice According to Interest in General Practice Prior to Starting Medical School, n=154.
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Not Previously Interested in Pursuing a Career in General Practice, n=61 (39.6) |
Previously Neutral or Interested in Pursuing a Career in General Practice, n=93 (60.4) |
OR |
P Value |
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Change of interest in pursuing a career in general practice due to increased proportion of remote consultations |
n (%) |
n (%) |
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Yes |
30 (49.2) |
60 (64.5) |
1.88 |
.043a |
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No |
31 (50.8) |
33 (35.5) |
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Change of interest in pursuing a career in general practice due to the position of the health secretary that future primary care consultations should be delivered remotely by default |
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Yes |
39 (63.9) |
70 (75.3) |
1.72 |
.092 |
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No |
22 (36.1) |
23 (24.7) |
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a 1-sided Fisher’s exact test, significant at an α of 0.05.