Table 6.
Specific medical school factors (percentage of students)
| Before (%) | After (%) | Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | SA | MA | MD | SD | SA | MA | MD | SD | Z | p |
| 24. Teaching of psychiatry at my medical school is interesting and of good quality. | 17.7 | 54.2 | 15.7 | 12.4 | 46.4 | 45.1 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 5.64 | .0000 |
| 25. During my psychiatry rotation, psychiatry residents were good role models. | ||||||||||
| 26. Attending psychiatrists during my psychiatry rotation were good role models. | ||||||||||
| 27. Most psychiatrists at my medical school are clear, logical thinkers. | 21.6 | 52.3 | 26.1 | 0.0 | 48.4 | 47 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 5.24 | .0000 |
| 28. Most nonpsychiatry and house staff at my medical school are respectful of psychiatry. | 10.5 | 47.7 | 26.8 | 15 | 22.9 | 56.8 | 18.3 | 2 | 4.53 | .0000 |
| 29. Although I am interested in psychiatry, no effort was made to encourage my becoming a psychiatrist at my medical school. | 24.2 | 32 | 23.5 | 20.3 | 4.6 | 23.5 | 39.9 | 32 | 4.82 | .0000 |
SA = Strongly agree; MA = Moderately agree; MD = Moderately disagree; SD = Strongly disagree.