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Table 2 Relevance of characteristics of PM in daily work as perceived by students, compared with perceptions of practicing doctors

From: Working in preventive medicine or not? Flawed perceptions decrease chance of retaining students for the profession

Subscales

PM students

PM doctors

Δstudents-doctors

t

Cohen’s d

n

M

SD

n

M

SD

M

SD

PM knowledge and skills

1 386

2.91

.19

100

2.78

.23

.13

.19

7.05*

.62

Basic sciences

1 379

2.41

.38

98

2.13

.38

.26

.38

7.23*

.74

Daily work characteristics

1 377

2.92

.21

100

2.68

.33

.22

.23

10.30*

.87

Community practice

1 381

2.40

.37

100

2.15

.43

.23

.38

6.35*

.62

Clinical practice

1 380

2.37

.35

100

2.38

.41

−.01

.35

−.24

.03

Working stress

1 368

2.22

.42

100

2.10

.39

.11

.42

2.82*

.30

  1. *Two-tailed p value ≤ .01
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