Survey study for enrollment motivation and influencing factors of postgraduates in a military medical university

WU Xi; ZHANG Yang; ZOU Qiong; ZHANG Siyu; ZHENG Wenyuan; XING Dong; CHEN Changsheng

doi:10.13276/j.issn.2097-1656.2024.09.016

Abstract：Objective To investigate the enrollment motivation and influencing factors of postgraduates in a military medical university,and to provide a basis for postgraduate enrollment,training and employment.Methods By using stratified sampling and self-made scale,the general information,lifestyle,life experience and enrollment motivation of postgraduates in a military medical university were investigated.The multiple factors of enrollment motivation were analyzed by using disordered multinomial logistic regression model.Results A total of 1 135 questionnaires were sent out and 1 080 were qualified.The effective rate of the questionnaire was 95.2%,including 305(28.2%)in academic type,477(44.2%)in working type and 298(27.6%)in other types.The results of multivariate disordered multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that compared with other types,age(OR=3.189,95%CI:1.612-6.306,P=0.001),degree level(OR=0.481,95%CI:0.287-0.808,P=0.006),gender(OR=1.809,95%CI:1.190-2.750,P=0.006),training mode(OR=4.726,95%CI:2.026-11.021,P<0.001),degree type(OR=3.111,95%CI:2.031-4.767,P<0.001),marital status(OR=0.433,95%CI:0.238-0.789,P=0.006)and mother's educational background(OR=0.162,95%CI:0.031-0.844,P=0.031)were the influencing factors of academic type enrollment motivation.Degree level(OR=0.488,95%CI:0.302-0.789,P=0.003),training mode(OR=2.367,95%CI:1.177-4.757,P=0.016),degree type(OR=0.664,95%CI:0.473-0.932,P=0.018)and major type(OR=1.909,95%CI:1.314-2.774,P=0.001)were the influencing factors of working type enrollment motivation.Conclusion The enrollment motivation of postgraduates is diversified,which is influenced by various factors.Efforts should be made to improve the quality of postgraduate education from graduate enrollment,pre-enrollment education and so on.