Table 2.

The attractiveness of psychiatry with regard to the following aspects before and After psychiatry clerkship at 3 medical schools in Tehran, Iran: (1 = very attractive, 2 = attractive, 3 = neutral, 4 = not attractive, 5 = extremely unattractive)

The aspects	Mean		Z*	p value
	Before	After
Financial reward	3.04	2.89	−0.197	0.050
Lifestyle	3.14	3.16	−0.006	0.995
Job satisfaction	3.08	3.05	−0.036	0.971
Interesting subject matter	3.54	3.48	−0.836	0.403
Intellectually challenging	3.54	3.44	−0.924	0.356
Prestige within the medical community	2.92	2.82	−1.224	0.221
Degree to which patients are helped effectively	3.30	3.46	−1.639	0.101
Degree to which the field draws upon all aspects of medical training	3.53	2.56	−7.035	<0.001†
Rapidly advancing understanding and treatment of illness	3.29	2.91	−2.615	<0.01†
Overall bright and interesting future for the field	3.10	3.10	−0.006	0.995
Based upon a reliable scientific foundation	3.01	3.04	−0.215	0.830
Enjoyable work	2.80	3.12	−1.898	0.058
Association with other physicians	3.14	2.93	−2.352	0.019

^*Wilcoxon signed-rank test

^†Significant