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. 2016 Oct 14;7:333–339. doi: 10.5116/ijme.57eb.cca2

Table 1. Prediction of PRM and NRM scores according to multivariate linear regression analysis.

Variables   PRM   NRM  
    β* p value β* p value
Specialty          
  Dentistry Ref. -- Ref. --
  Medicine -0.64 0.328 -2.13 0.048
  Pharmacy -3.61 <0.0001 -2.99 0.045
Gender (Student)          
  Female Ref. -- Ref. --
  Male -0.77 0.182 -1.93 0.045
Gender (Role Model)          
  Female Ref. -- Ref. --
  Male -0.40 0.495 1.43 .142
Field          
  Basic Science Ref. -- Ref. --
  Clinical Science 2.51 0.001 2.25 0.057
Degree          
  Instructor Ref. -- Ref. --
  Assistant Professor 0.81 2.627 -0.31 0.856
  Associate Professor 0.42 0.801 2.66 0.136
  Full Professor 1.59 0.364 2.89 0.176
Students Personality   0.35 <0.00001 0.20 0.039

*β is the regression coefficient that shows the difference between the value in each subgroup versus the value in the reference subgroup. Positive values for a subgroup of PRM or NRM (such as field) indicated higher values for PRMs and NRMs in clinical sciences rather than basic sciences. This implied that clinical role models received higher scores than basic science role models.