Table 4.
Differences in mean (SD) scores for approaches to learning and workplace climate according to type of physician, undergraduate curriculum, and location of practice
| Scale
|
Type of physician
|
Curriculum
|
Location
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family physician (n=157)
|
Specialist (n=189)
|
P value for difference
|
Problem based learning (n=162)
|
Traditional (n=183)
|
P value for difference
|
Urban (n=244)
|
Rural and remote (n=100)
|
P value for difference
|
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| Approach to learning: | |||||||||||
| Deep | 3.61 (0.45) | 3.57 (0.40) | 0.33 | 3.63 (0.41) | 3.56 (0.44) | 0.09 | 3.56 (0.40) | 3.60 (0.44) | 0.42 | ||
| Surface rational | 3.36 (0.48) | 3.28 (0.48) | 0.11 | 3.34 (0.47) | 3.31 (0.47) | 0.55 | 3.33 (0.50) | 3.33 (0.45) | 0.98 | ||
| Surface disorganised | 2.81 (0.74) | 2.68 (0.71) | 0.02 | 2.80 (0.49) | 2.69 (0.47) | 0.04 | 2.69 (0.48) | 2.84 (0.46) | 0.008 | ||
| Workplace climate: | |||||||||||
| Supportive-receptive | 3.33 (0.51) | 3.26 (0.57) | 0.19 | 3.34 (0.57) | 3.26 (0.50) | 0.14 | 3.34 (0.53) | 3.28 (0.54) | 0.37 | ||
| Choice-independence | 3.61 (0.74) | 3.49 (0.71) | 0.13 | 3.55 (0.72) | 3.56 (0.74) | 0.88 | 3.48 (0.68) | 3.59 (0.75) | 0.19 | ||
| Workload | 3.71 (0.62) | 3.78 (0.66) | 0.36 | 3.71 (0.63) | 3.77 (0.64) | 0.44 | 3.68 (0.64) | 3.89 (0.61) | 0.005 | ||