Table 2. The association between overall satisfaction of academic advisors and their interaction with students.

*: significant at p < 0.05; GPA: grade point average; $+: significantly higher frequency than expected by chance; $-: significantly lower frequency than expected by chance.

Variables		Overall satisfaction of academic advisors						Statistical tests
		Not satisfied (N = 24)		Satisfied (N = 46)		Total (N = 70)		χ2	P-value
		N	%	N	%	N	%
Do you know the number of students under your supervision?	Yes	16	66.7	37	80.4	53	75.7	1.017	0.313
	No	7	29.2	9	19.6	16	22.9
Do you know the students personally?	Yes, all of them	3	12.5 $-	22	47.8 $+	25	35.7	9.862	0.012*
	Yes, most of them	10	41.7	14	30.4	24	34.3
	No, I do not know most of them	10	41.7	9	19.6	19	27.1
	No, I do not know anyone	1	4.2	1	2.2	2	2.9
For how many students do you provide academic advising?	Less than 10	5	20.8 $-	24	52.2 $+	29	41.4	12.613	0.004*
	10 and less than 20	5	20.8	12	26.1	17	24.3
	20 and less than 30	9	37.5 $+	3	6.5 $-	12	17.1
	More than 30	4	16.7	5	10.9	9	12.9
What is your opinion about this number of students?	Very few	1	4.2	1	2.2	2	2.9	14.181	0.003*
	Few	1	4.2	10	21.7	11	15.7
	Suitable	10	41.7	29	63.0	39	55.7
	Lots of	8	33.3 $+	4	8.7 $-	12	17.1
	Huge	4	16.7 $+	1	2.2 $-	5	7.1
Do you check the results of students in your group?	Yes usually	6	25.0 $-	25	54.3 $+	31	44.3	7.672	0.019*
	Sometimes	13	54.2	19	41.3	32	45.7
	Only when they have an academic problem	5	20.8 $+	2	4.3 $-	7	10.0
	No	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Have you ever communicated with a student due to a marked change in the academic level?	Yes, usually I do	8	33.3	20	43.5	28	40.0	1.913	0.392
	Few times	13	54.2	24	52.2	37	52.9
	No, I have no idea about their performance	3	12.5	2	4.3	5	7.1
Do you provide feedback to your students about their results or performance in academic activities?	Yes	2	8.3 $-	21	45.7 $+	23	32.9	9.956	0.007*
	Sometimes	15	62.5	17	37.0	32	45.7
	No	7	29.2	8	17.4	15	21.4
Do you have a student with academic issues?	Yes	16	66.7	36	78.3	52	74.3	2.027	0.320
	No	6	25.0	9	19.6	15	21.4
	I do not know	2	8.3	1	2.2	3	4.3
Have you ever helped a student with an academic problem?	Yes	21	87.5	45	97.8	66	94.3	FE	0.113
	No	3	12.5	1	2.2	4	5.7
Do you discuss future careers with your students?	Yes, usually I do	8	33.3	20	43.5	28	40.0	1.378	0.523
	Rarely	12	50.0	22	47.8	34	48.6
	No	4	16.7	4	8.7	8	11.4
Do you help students in studying or before the exams?	Yes, usually I do	6	25.0	13	28.3	19	27.1	1.540	0.544
	If they ask	16	66.7	32	69.6	48	68.6
	No	2	8.3	1	2.2	3	4.3
Do you instruct them about the medical profession and ethics?	Yes, usually I do	7	29.2	20	43.5	27	38.6	6.285	0.077
	Yes, sometimes	11	45.8	8	17.4	19	27.1
	If they ask	6	25.0	16	34.8	22	31.4
	No	0	0.0	2	4.3	2	2.9
Do students communicate regularly with you?	Yes	9	37.5	27	58.7	36	51.4	3.131	0.193
	Some of them	14	58.3	17	37.0	31	44.3
	No	1	4.2	2	4.3	3	4.3
If the answer to Q 26 is yes, how do they communicate?	Individually	10	41.7	26	56.5	36	51.4	3.218	0.366
	As group	5	20.8	8	17.4	13	18.6
	Social media	4	16.7	4	8.7	8	11.4
	More than one method	3	12.5	2	4.3	5	7.2
From your group, which students are more communicative (regarding their GPA)?	Less than 2	16	66.7	29	63.0	45	64.3	0.545	0.808
	2–3	5	20.8	10	21.7	15	21.4
	More than 3	2	8.3	7	15.2	9	12.9