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February 2022
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The research is almost complete and now it is time for the presentation and paper. In this post, we are looking at the results, analyzing the results, and making conclusions that can be given to the greater academic conversation. First, I will discuss the results that were seen just from the survey. Then, I will look at the interviews that have been conducted and related those to the survey. Finally, I will go over what limitations there are and what conclusions can be made.
The images above relate to these descriptions in order (all rated on a scale of 1-10):
1) How would you rate your boss?
The responses for this question are fairly close, with 50% of responses rating their boss a 9 and 50% of responses rating their boss a 10. Through this, it can be seen that most of the surgeons like their boss and would rate them highly.
2) How would you rate your relationship with your coworkers?
For this question, 25% said an 8, 25% said a 9, and 50% said a 10 for their relationships with their coworkers. These had slightly more variety than the question before but, they all are in a similar range and show positive relationships for these surgeons. This helps to rule out coworker relationships as a negative factor for job satisfaction (at least for these surgeons that took this survey).
3) How would you rate the environment of the hospital you work at?
75% of responses rated it an 8 and 25% rated it a 9. From this data, it can be seen that the environment that these surgeons work in is a positive environment, with possibly a few negatives or things they would like to change.
4) How would you rate your job satisfaction on a scale of 1-10?
This question is one of the most important questions on this survey and has much more variability than the other questions. 25% rated their job satisfaction a 4, 25% rated it an 8, and 50% rated it a 9. The variability between responses shows that there are specific reasoning for lower job satisfaction and it is different for each of these individuals.
The interviews that were conducted helped to give more information as to why these individuals rated these questions differently.
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Interview #1
Interview #1
In this first interview, I talked to a surgeon who works at a medium-sized hospital in Colorado. Through this, he told me different things that impacted his job satisfaction and how he dealt with malpractice cases. To list the responses, I will just be listing bullet points to allow for a quick analysis of the interview. Here are the main points he emphasized:
intellectual stimulation, positive patient feedback both increased his job satisfaction
he feels excited to go to work (have to VS. get to)
unlike the other surgeons, COVID-19 helped to increase his job satisfaction because he felt he was able to reach more patients through Tele-Medicine video calls
Malpractice cases have a major negative mental impact on him and acutely changed the view of his job
At this time the blog post is being made, I have been able to conduct only one interview. I have scheduled two more interviews that will help to get me more information and a greater spread of responses
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Limitations to Conclusions
Limitations to Conclusions
Before I start talking about what conclusions can be made, it is important to note that these conclusions may not be able to be generalized to the population because there were not enough responses to satisfy the large counts condition (a condition needed to do statistical analysis). These responses were all from Colorado so it also cannot be generalized to the entire country, just this state.
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