Table 4.
The median/mean score of investigated question “What are the reasons why you do not consider to choose oral pathology specialist as the lifelong career?”
| Reasons | All answerers (n = 35) |
Median/Mean |
Mann–Whitney U test | Significance | Median/Mean |
Mann–Whitney U test | Significance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median/Mean | Number and proportion of those who answered as important | PGYD1 (n = 17) | PGYD2 (n = 16) | Male (n = 17) | Female (n = 17) | |||||
| Learning characteristics (such as too difficult or too much recitation) | 3/3.14 | 28 (80%) | 3/3.29 | 3/3 | 109.00 | NS | 3/3 | 3/3.35 | 116.00 | NS |
| Insufficient understanding of an oral pathology specialist's work | 3/2.57 | 18 (51%) | 2/2.53 | 3/2.69 | 151.50 | NS | 2/2.47 | 3/2.71 | 123.00 | NS |
| Poor life quality or heavy workload | 3/2.77 | 20 (57%) | 2/2.59 | 3/3 | 178.00 | NS | 3/3.06 | 2/2.47 | 202.00 | P < 0.05 |
| Incidence of medical disputes | 3/2.43 | 13 (37%) | 2/2.35 | 2.5/2.56 | 162.50 | NS | 2/2.41 | 2/2.47 | 136.50 | NS |
| Lower accomplishment | 3/2.77 | 25 (71%) | 3/2.65 | 3/2.81 | 151.50 | NS | 3/2.82 | 3/2.71 | 153.00 | NS |
| Fewer job opportunities | 3/3.09 | 29 (83%) | 3/3.12 | 3/3.06 | 125.00 | NS | 3/2.88 | 3/3.29 | 108.50 | NS |
| Lower salary | 3/3.11 | 30 (86%) | 3/3.12 | 3/3.19 | 142.00 | NS | 3/2.88 | 3/3.12 | 152.00 | NS |
NS: not significant.