Medical residents' job satisfaction and their related factors

This study was conducted to investigate medical residents' job satisfaction and their related factors to improve the quality of residency program.

The study subjects were 159 medical residents being trained at Chonnam National University Hospital, South Korea, in 2011. The participants were asked to complete a short form Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire (MSQ).

The mean score for 20 items on the short form MSQ varied between 2.91 and 3.64 on a 5-point Likert scale. The assessment of related factors with job satisfaction revealed that medical residents had higher levels for job satisfaction, particularly those who were women (beta=0.200, p=0.022), and those who had mentorship experience (beta=0.219, p=0.008).

This study results indicate that we should expand and support the mentorship program during medical residency to promote job satisfaction.