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Table 9 Main reason for joining is interest in Public Health or Community Medicine

From: Assessment of factors influencing retention in the Philippine National Rural Physician Deployment Program

To what extent do you agree with the following statements? (5=strongly agree, 4=agree, 3=neutral, 2=disagree, 1=strongly disagree)

Mean (Std. Dev.)

p-value

 

Public Health n=13

Other Reasons n=58

 

I find fulfilment in serving my community.

4.85 (0.38)

4.28 (0.81)

++

  1. (++ = p ≤ 0.02).