Table 1 Practicing youth health physicians' and medical students' opinion about the applicability of general characteristics of future medical practice to the profession of youth health physician (mean scores).
| Â | Youth health physicians (N = 20) | All students (N = 2342) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean | Std. Deviation* | Mean | Std. Deviation |
1. Young patients (0 – 18 years) | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
2. Part-time work possibilities | 5.0 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
3. Advise | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
4. Communication skills | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
5. Knowledge of psychosocial background | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
6. Talk at work | 4.9 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
7. Healthy people | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 1.1 |
8. Prevention | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
9. Psychosocial complaints | 4.7 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
10. Trust relation with patients | 4.6 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 1.2 |
11. Refer | 4.5 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
12. Knowledge of pathology | 4.4 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
13. Reasoning skills | 4.4 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
14. Improvisation skills | 4.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
15. Knowledge of health systems | 4.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
16. Thinking at work | 4.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
17. Knowledge of science | 3.9 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
18. Stressful work | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
19. Knowledge of pharmacotherapy | 2.6 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
20. Treatment of patients | 1.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 1.3 |
21. Terminal complaints | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
22. Teamwork | 4.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
23. Knowledge of epidemiology | 4.1 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
24. Many consults | 4.1 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 |
25. Simple complaints | 3.9 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 |
26. Knowledge of anatomy | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
27. Consultation | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
28. Diversity of work | 3.7 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
29. Diagnostic skills | 3.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
30. Practical skills | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
31. Routine work | 3.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
32. Knowledge of chemistry and physics | 3.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
33. Long relation with patients | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 |
34. Chronic complaints | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
35. Multiple complaints | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 1.2 |
36. Long working days | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
37. High income | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 |
38. Practical skills with equipment | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
39. Older patients (over 65 years) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
40. Physical work | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
41. Technical precise work | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
42. Visible results | 2.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
43. Guidance of illness | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
44. High prestige | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
45. Acute complaints | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
46. Pain release | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 |
47. Irregular work | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 |