Table 3 Factors of associated career choice regret after COVID-19 outbreak among medical students(n = 1872)
Variable | I regret the career choice I made | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
strongly disagree | disagree | neutral | agree | strongly agree | P* | |
Educational level | <0.001 | |||||
Below Bachelor degree | 39 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 2 | |
Bachelor degree | 326 | 649 | 457 | 44 | 19 | |
Above Bachelor degree | 26 | 107 | 79 | 25 | 5 | |
Major | <0.001 | |||||
Nursing | 101 | 306 | 310 | 39 | 16 | |
Clinical medicine | 101 | 306 | 310 | 39 | 16 | |
Work intention after graduation | <0.001 | |||||
Tertiary hospital | 349 | 716 | 482 | 48 | 19 | |
Primary hospital | 24 | 47 | 32 | 8 | 1 | |
Others | 18 | 40 | 65 | 17 | 6 | |
Whether major is the first choice | <0.001 | |||||
Yes | 360 | 655 | 397 | 52 | 17 | |
No | 31 | 148 | 182 | 21 | 9 | |
Whether is interning in the hospital | <0.001 | |||||
Yes | 125 | 323 | 243 | 45 | 13 | |
No | 266 | 480 | 336 | 28 | 13 | |
For public health emergencies, will you participate in the treatment or nursing? | <0.001 | |||||
Definitely will | 216 | 206 | 97 | 12 | 10 | |
Will | 135 | 397 | 228 | 27 | 4 | |
Not necessarily | 37 | 197 | 238 | 32 | 6 | |
Not will | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | |
Definitely not | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |