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Kwon HJ, Lee YM, Lee YH, Chang HJ. Development an instrument assessing residents’ attitude
towards professionalism lapses in training. Korean J Med Educ. 2017;29(2):81-91.

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author names, then “et al.”

Yoon HB, Shin JS, Lee SH, et al. Transnational collaboration for faculty development in health
professions education in Mongolia. Korean J Med Educ. 2016;28(4):381-390.

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Steven AC, Julian B. The medical interview: the three-function approach. 2nd ed. St Louis, USA:
Mosby; 2000.

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Stern DT, ed. Measuring medical professionalism. New York, USA: Oxford University Press; 2006.

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Thomas PA. Goals and objectives. In: Kern DE, Thomas PA, Hughes MT, eds. Curriculum
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Accessed April 29, 2004.

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 Chang HJ, Lee YM. An fMRI study exploring relations between fear of failure on academic
achievement and negative emotional reaction and higher-order thinking in medical student. Paper
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Tables

Table 1. Needs Analysis in a Career Guidance Program

Level of Level of Needs

Item satisfaction importance t p-value Ranking
Mean(SD) Mean(SD) score
Factor 1a)
Self-understanding through 2.90 (0.99) 3.58 (0.99) -8.834 0.000 2.46 8
psychological test
Program for major exploration 2.49 (0.88) 3.84 (0.91) -17.057 0.000 5.19 4
(e.g., camp, briefing session on
major, etc.)

Career counseling program 2.38 (0.87) 3.81 (0.89) -18.815 0.000 5.46 2

Meeting with seniors of various 2.50 (0.99) 3.95 (0.84) -17.977 0.000 5.73 1
career areas (e.g., statistics,
lectures, mentoring, etc.)
Factor 2b)
Various workshops (e.g., 2.55 (0.91) 3.32 (1.00) -9.456 0.000 2.57 7
leadership, humanistic
education, creative training)
Small group program for career 2.43 (0.88) 3.55 (0.95) -14.214 0.000 3.95 6
development (e.g., group for
USMLE, study group, etc.)
Career guidance of professor 2.79 (1.01) 3.92 (0.76) -16.704 0.000 4.46 5
Bridge program with employed 2.37 (0.92) 3.77 (0.87) -18.166 0.000 5.26 3
senior (e.g., conference,
lectures, 1:1 mentoring, etc.)

Data are presented as mean (standard deviation).

USMLE: United States Medical Licensing Examination.
a)
Factor 1: Self-understanding and job exploration, b)Factor 2: Course plan and career development.

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Fig. 1. Level of Interpersonal Needs

Data are presented as mean±standard deviation.

a)
p-values from two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) (total inclusion vs. total control vs. total affection), b)p-values from two-way
ANOVA (total expressed behavior vs. total wanted behavior).

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