Table 4.
Perception of family medicine as subject of choice among students against exposure to family medicine during their graduation
| Family medicine | Students’ perception | No exposure to FM | Exposure to FM | Total | P value |
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| Give good financial gain | Agree | 63 (42%) | 87 (58%) | 150 (55.55%) | 0.00 |
| Is popular | Agree | 37 (35.24%) | 68 (64.76%) | 105 (38.88%) | 0.00 |
| Is interesting | Agree | 81 (44.75%) | 100 (55.25%) | 181 (67.03%) | 0.00 |
| Work and family balance | Agree | 99 (48.53%) | 105 (51.47%) | 204 (75.55%) | 0.028 |
| Essential for effective healthcare system | Agree | 104 (46.22%) | 121 (53.77%) | 225 (83.33%) | 0.00 |
| Contribution to Individual and community health | Agree | 104 (45.81%) | 123 (54.19%) | 227 (84.07%) | 0.00 |
| No career growth | Agree | 26 (36.11%) | 46 (63.89%) | 72 (26.66%) | 0.002 |
| Less academic | Agree | 43 (47.25%) | 48 (52.75%) | 91 (33.70%) | 0.000 |
| Will choose | Yes | 86 (58.50%) | 61 (41.50%) | 147 (54.44%) | 0.017 |
| No | 54 (43.90%) | 69 (56.10%) | 123 (45.55%) | 0.017 |