Table 2.

Professional identity descriptions among senior (graduated before 2007) and junior (graduated between 2007–2018) physicians. The proportions of physicians who answered “very or quite well” to the question “How well do the following descriptions of the work of a physician match you as a physician?”, and the corresponding associations (odds ratios, junior physicians as a reference group)

Description	Senior physicians	Junior physicians	Odds Ratio (95% CI)*	p-value*
	(n = 3,645)	(n = 1,525)
	%	%
Member of a working group/team	80.1	86.9	0.90 (0.72–1.14)	0.387
Helper	80.1	85.8	0.78 (0.64–0.95)	0.015
Health expert	77.6	83.1	0.72 (0.60–0.87)	0.001
Listener	75.3	76.6	1.07 (0.90–1.28)	0.433
Teacher	57.8	51.2	1.46 (1.26–1.70)	< 0.001
Healer	55.4	44.3	1.50 (1.30–1.74)	< 0.001
Developer	54.0	42.3	2.00 (1.72–2.32)	< 0.001
Physician by calling	53.1	45.4	1.29 (1.11–1.50)	0.001
Provider of comfort	51.7	59.7	0.81 (0.69–0.94)	0.006
Health educator	51.4	55.0	0.91 (0.78–1.06)	0.230
Pillar of support	48.5	41.8	1.44 (1.24–1.68)	< 0.001
Prescriber of medication	45.1	68.4	0.46 (0.39–0.54)	< 0.001
Coach	40.7	25.8	2.11 (1.80–2.49)	< 0.001
Prioritiser	35.3	57.3	0.49 (0.42–0.57)	< 0.001
Innovator	34.5	20.2	2.26 (1.89–2.70)	< 0.001
Director	32.6	22.6	1.79 (1.51–2.13)	< 0.001
Someone issuing certificates	32.4	52.4	0.50 (0.42–0.58)	< 0.001
Someone engaged in social work	31.8	50.9	0.54 (0.46–0.63)	< 0.001
Family physician	31.5	33.1	1.18 (0.98–1.41)	0.075
Civil servant	30.0	36.9	1.05 (0.90–1.23)	0.520
Researcher	26.9	26.0	1.03 (0.87–1.22)	0.747
Entrepreneur	25.5	8.8	2.63 (1.95–3.55)	< 0.001
Provider of spiritual support	22.0	18.8	1.27 (1.05–1.54)	0.013
Gatekeeper	21.1	37.4	0.62 (0.53–0.72)	< 0.001
Production line worker	17.9	33.5	0.57 (0.48–0.67)	< 0.001
Technician	17.0	21.6	0.70 (0.58–0.84)	< 0.001
Shaman	3.4	4.1	0.78 (0.53–1.14)	0.193

*Binary logistic regression analysis (refence group junior physicians) adjusted for gender and place of work