| Characteristic | Prevalence, % | Difference | Matched | Not matched | % | 95% CI | value |
| (1) Story telling | 64.58 | 72.83 | −8.24 | (−19.16, 2.68) | 0.1533 | Personal story | 49.58 | 59.78 | −10.20 | (−22.05, 1.65) | 0.0958 | Case presentation | 39.58 | 32.61 | 6.97 | (−4.43, 18.38) | 0.2404 | Personal illness | 15.83 | 16.30 | −0.471 | (−9.32, 8.34) | 0.9165 | Family illness | 15.00 | 14.13 | 0.869 | (−7.56, 9.30) | 0.8415 | Family relevance to dermatology | 5.83 | 5.43 | 0.399 | (−5.10, 5.90) | 0.8887 | Family relevance to medicine | 3.75 | 9.78 | −6.03 | (−12.56, 0.496) | 0.0298 | (2) Why medicine? | 17.50 | 19.57 | −2.07 | (−11.49, 7.36) | 0.6616 | (3) Why dermatology? | 75.42 | 69.57 | 5.85 | (−5.01, 16.72) | 0.2779 | Multidisciplinary | 34.17 | 32.61 | 1.56 | (−9.75, 12.86) | 0.7881 | Visual | 24.58 | 19.57 | 5.02 | (−4.75, 14.78) | 0.3322 | Cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease | 33.75 | 22.83 | 10.92 | (0.467, 21.38) | 0.0535 | Social/psychosocial issues | 39.17 | 35.87 | 3.30 | (−8.29, 14.88) | 0.5801 | Chronicity of disease | 7.50 | 8.70 | −1.20 | (−7.85, 5.46) | 0.7167 | Literature gap | 8.33 | 1.09 | 7.25 | (3.16, 11.33) | 0.0152 | Complexity of the field | 19.17 | 19.57 | −0.398 | (−9.91, 9.12) | 0.9343 | Technology | 5.00 | 4.35 | 0.652 | (−4.34, 5.65) | 0.8039 | Patients of all ages | 10.00 | 8.70 | 1.30 | (−5.59, 8.20) | 0.7185 | Better understanding of the pathophysiology of skin disease | 8.33 | 2.17 | 6.16 | (1.57, 10.75) | 0.0434 | Lifestyle | 0.417 | 1.09 | −0.670 | (−2.94, 1.60) | 0.4799 | (4) Accomplishment | 61.25 | 56.52 | 4.73 | (−7.13, 16.59) | 0.4313 | Fellowship/research | 62.08 | 58.70 | 3.39 | (−8.40, 15.17) | 0.5709 | Publications | 25.00 | 23.91 | 1.09 | (−9.21, 11.38) | 0.8371 | Volunteer service | 32.50 | 25.00 | 7.50 | (−3.15, 18.15) | 0.1837 | Skin cancer screenings | 7.92 | 6.52 | 1.39 | (−4.70, 7.49) | 0.6664 | Leadership | 10.00 | 10.87 | −0.870 | (−8.28, 6.54) | 0.8151 | (5) Quotation | 23.75 | 25.00 | −1.25 | (−11.61, 9.11) | 0.8116 | By famous figures | 4.17 | 7.61 | −3.44 | (−9.42, 2.54) | 0.2028 | Other or self-quotation | 12.92 | 14.13 | −1.21 | (−9.50, 7.07) | 0.7703 | (6) Career goal | 51.25 | 47.83 | 3.42 | (−8.58, 15.43) | 0.5765 | Purely clinician | 4.17 | 5.43 | −1.27 | (−6.55, 4.01) | 0.6185 | Physician scientist | 36.67 | 32.61 | 4.06 | (−7.30, 15.41) | 0.4893 | Physician educator | 22.50 | 21.74 | 0.761 | (−9.19, 10.71) | 0.8815 | (7) Subspecialty within dermatology | 12.92 | 16.30 | −3.39 | (−12.05, 5.27) | 0.4239 | Procedural dermatology/MOHs micrographic surgery | 2.92 | 3.26 | −0.344 | (−4.55, 3.86) | 0.8695 | Pediatric dermatology | 5.42 | 6.52 | −1.11 | (−6.90, 4.70) | 0.6980 | Dermatopathology | 2.08 | 3.26 | −1.18 | (−5.23, 2.88) | 0.5312 | Immunodermatology | 2.50 | 3.26 | −0.761 | (−4.89, 3.37) | 0.7024 | (8) Name a cutaneous disease | 76.25 | 71.74 | 7.79 | (−0.798, 16.38) | 0.1031 | Mentions > 5 | 20.83 | 13.04 | 4.51 | (−6.15, 15.17) | 0.3956 | (9) Significant other | 2.50 | 3.26 | −7.61 | (−4.89, 3.37) | 0.7024 | (10) Personalized application | 13.75 | 8.70 | 5.05 | (−2.17, 14.45) | 0.2103 | Interest in California | 5.00 | 3.26 | 1.74 | (−2.82, 6.30) | 0.4947 | Interest in UC Davis | 8.75 | 6.52 | 2.23 | (−3.96, 8.41) | 0.5062 | Mentions UC Davis Faculty | 1.25 | 2.17 | −0.924 | (−4.22, 2.37) | 0.5362 | Interest in other institutions | 25.00 | 30.43 | −5.43 | (−16.32, 5.45) | 0.3153 | Mentions the faculty of other institutions | 29.17 | 29.35 | −0.181 | (−11.12, 10.76) | 0.9741 |
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