A Cross-Sectional, Mixed-Methods Analysis to Identify the Relative Importance of Factors Students and Providers Evaluate When Making a Job Choice.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
; 33(4): 1891-1904, 2022.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36341669
ABSTRACT
Little is known about the relative importance of factors that contribute to job choices among health care providers. A convenience sample of 173 health care providers (N=134) and physician assistant students (N=39) completed a cross-sectional survey. Participants rated the importance of sixteen job- (e.g., work environment), community- (e.g., recreational opportunities), and personal-related factors (e.g., children) and one open-ended item. The highest rated item, on average, was an opportunity to make a difference in patient quality of life (mean (M)=4.57, standard deviation (SD)=0.63) while the lowest rated item was wealth/prestige of living in a certain area (M=2.43, SD=1.05). The average importance rating was similar across types of providers and between providers and students. While personal interest to positively affect patients' quality of life was rated as the most important factor, almost all the studied items were rated as important or very important by the majority of participants.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Students
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
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Patient_preference
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Health Care Poor Underserved
Journal subject:
SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article