Table 3.
Average scores for positive, work-life conditions, and level of training perceptions by year in veterinary school.
| Positive perceptions | Work-life conditions | Level of training | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Overall mean | Time 1 | Time 2 | Overall mean | Time 1 | Time 2 | Overall mean | |
| First year students | 3.79 (0.41) | 3.82 (0.39) | 3.81 (0.40) | 3.61 (0.56) | 3.59 (0.59) | 3.60 (0.56) | 3.43 (1.08) | 2.70 (1.02) | 3.07 (1.10) |
| Second year students | 3.84 (0.48) | 4.01 (0.44) | 3.92 (0.46) | 3.44 (0.98) | 3.75 (0.75) | 3.60 (0.88) | 2.57 (1.08) | 2.76 (1.04) | 2.67 (1.05) |
| Third year students | 3.73 (0.46) | 3.90 (0.42) | 3.82 (0.45) | 3.21 (0.76) | 3.28 (0.77) | 3.25 (0.75) | 2.84 (0.90) | 2.84 (1.17) | 2.84 (1.03) |
| Fourth year students | 3.69 (0.36) | 3.99 (0.16) | 3.84 (0.32) | 3.76 (0.60) | 4.06 (0.70) | 3.91 (0.65) | 2.00 (0.89) | 2.18 (1.08) | 2.09 (0.97) |
| All Students | 3.77 (0.43) | 3.92 (0.39) | 3.85 (0.42) | 3.48 (0.76) | 3.63 (0.73) | 3.55 (0.75) | 2.82 (1.10) | 2.68 (1.07) | 2.75 (1.09) |
Responses ranged from 1 to 5 (1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree). Standard deviations are in parentheses. Overall mean refers to the average scores for each group across time.