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Table 5 Perceived outlook for OEM specialists in Korea

From: Residency programs and the outlook for occupational and environmental medicine in Korea

 

Training institution a

Residency year a

Category

Total (n = 87)

Institute (n = 9)

Hospital (n = 78)

P-value *

Lower (n = 46)

Higher (n = 41)

P-value **

Overall outlook

       

 Next 5 years

3.6 ± 1.1

4.1 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 1.1

0.095

3.8 ± 1.2

3.4 ± 1.1

0.075

 Next 10 years

3.3 ± 1.2

3.9 ± 0.9

3.2 ± 1.2

0.069

3.6 ± 1.2

3.1 ± 1.1

0.045

Pay

       

 Next 5 years

3.4 ± 1.1

3.8 ± 1.0

3.4 ± 1.1

0.154

3.6 ± 1.1

3.3 ± 1.0

0.191

 Next 10 years

3.0 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 0.9

2.9 ± 1.1

0.065

3.2 ± 1.1

2.7 ± 1.1

0.040

Social position

       

 Next 5 years

3.2 ± 1.1

4.1 ± 0.9

3.1 ± 1.1

0.004

3.4 ± 1.1

3.0 ± 1.0

0.096

 Next 10 years

3.1 ± 1.2

4.2 ± 1.0

3.0 ± 1.1

0.002

3.3 ± 1.2

2.9 ± 1.1

0.093

Development possibility

       

 Next 5 years

3.6 ± 1.1

4.1 ± 0.7

3.5 ± 1.1

0.085

3.7 ± 1.2

3.4 ± 0.9

0.131

 Next 10 years

3.4 ± 1.2

4.1 ± 0.7

3.3 ± 1.2

0.040

3.6 ± 1.2

3.2 ± 1.2

0.209

Employment

       

 Next 5 years

3.6 ± 1.1

4.2 ± 0.9

3.5 ± 1.1

0.025

3.7 ± 1.2

3.4 ± 0.9

0.192

 Next 10 years

3.1 ± 1.2

3.8 ± 0.9

3.0 ± 1.1

0.033

3.3 ± 1.2

2.9 ± 1.1

0.092

Job satisfaction

       

 Next 5 years

3.9 ± 1.1

4.6 ± 0.7

3.8 ± 1.1

0.028

3.9 ± 1.2

3.9 ± 0.9

0.963

 Next 10 years

3.5 ± 1.1

4.3 ± 0.8

3.4 ± 1.1

0.017

3.7 ± 1.2

3.4 ± 1.0

0.283

  1. OEM Occupational and environmental medicine; SD Standard deviation
  2. *By Mann-Whitney test
  3. **By Student’s t-test
  4. aMean ± SD