IJME - Differences in medical students’ academic interest and performance across career choice motivations

Table 1. Comparison of participants’ academic interest, GPAs, and admission scores across different career choice motivations (n = 195)

Participants	The intrinsic group (Mean± SD)	The extrinsic group (Mean ± SD)	t (p)
Interest in the study of medicine	4.03 ± 0.83	3.60 ± 0.84	2.94 (< 0.01)
Medical School GPAs
Year 1	3.13 ± 0.54	3.05 ± 0.51	0.56 (0.57)
Year 2	3.27 ± 0.52	3.03 ± 0.49	2.03 (0.04)
Year 3	3.51 ± 0.38	3.31 ± 0.31	1.93 (0.05)
Year 4	3.64 ± 0.30	3.46 ± 0.25	1.86 (0.65)
Admission scores^*
Undergraduate GPAs	91.56 ± 3.30	91.29 ± 2.91	0.96 (0.34)
Medical School Entrance Exam (MEET) Scores	167.32 ± 20.08	171.82 ± 24.02	0.51 (0.61)
Interview scores	100.76 ± 1.08	93.77 11.60	3.00 (< 0.01)

*Admission scores are for graduate-entry students only (n = 119)

Int J Med Educ. 2016; 7:52-55; doi: 10.5116/ijme.56a7.5124