Logistic regression analysis between career choice motivations and the understanding of professionalism in first-year medical students (N=843)
| Career choice motivation | Compassion | Respectfulness | Collaboration | Integrity | Accountability | Pursuit of excellence | Fair and ethical stewardship of healthcare resources |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Interested in the health sciences | 1.43 (1.07 to 1.92)* | 1.06 (0.68 to 1.63) | 0.97 (0.66 to 1.42) | 0.84 (0.63 to 1.12) | 1.19 (0.84 to 1.68) | 1.08 (0.80 to 1.44) | 1.24 (0.68 to 2.26) |
| Income and social status | 0.87 (0.65 to 1.16) | 0.82 (0.53 to 1.28) | 0.84 (0.57 to 1.23) | 0.91 (0.68 to 1.21) | 1.06 (0.75 to 1.50) | 1.04 (0.77 to 1.39) | 0.49 (0.27 to 0.91)* |
| Advocating altruism | 1.32 (0.98 to 1.78) | 1.39 (0.90 to 2.15) | 1.46 (0.99 to 2.13) | 1.20 (0.90 to 1.61) | 0.99 (0.70 to 1.40) | 0.91 (0.67 to 1.22) | 0.50 (0.26 to 0.96)* |
| Family member in healthcare | 0.86 (0.63 to 1.19) | 1.10 (0.68 to 1.79) | 1.40 (0.92 to 2.11) | 0.87 (0.64 to 1.20) | 1.04 (0.71 to 1.52) | 1.11 (0.80 to 1.53) | 1.32 (0.70 to 2.48) |
| Parents’ expectations or illness in the family | 0.85 (0.60 to 1.21) | 0.91 (0.53 to 1.57) | 1.57 (1.01 to 2.44)* | 1.24 (0.88 to 1.74) | 1.12 (0.74 to 1.70) | 1.11 (0.78 to 1.58) | 1.09 (0.53 to 2.21) |
*p<0.05; career choice motivations, individual characteristics and family characteristics were included in the regression analysis.