Kegel-Flom P
Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1976 Sep;53(9 Pt 1):479-82. doi: 10.1097/00006324-197609010-00008.
Rural optometrists were found to differ from urban optometrists in background, environmental attitude, and interest patterns. Attitude toward the urban environment and place of origin were the best predictors of an optometrist's practice location. When "urbanism" and "origin" were scaled and placed in a multiple regression equation to predict practice location, identification of an optometrist's location as rural or urban was highly accurate. Most importantly, scores on the equation were predictive of optometry students' future practice locations. A single cut-off point on the equation correctly identified 79% of students who entered rural or isolated small city practice and 81% of those who entered urban practice. The findings suggest that optometry students most likely to enter rural (or indeed urban) practice can be objectively identified early in, or even prior to, training. Such identification may assist educators in selecting and training optometrists who will deliver vision care to people in areas of greatest need.
研究发现，农村验光师与城市验光师在背景、环境态度和兴趣模式方面存在差异。对城市环境和出身地的态度是验光师执业地点的最佳预测指标。当将“城市化”和“出身地”进行量化并纳入多元回归方程以预测执业地点时，能非常准确地确定验光师是在农村还是城市执业。最重要的是，该方程的得分能够预测验光专业学生未来的执业地点。方程上的一个单一临界点能够正确识别出79%进入农村或偏远小城市执业的学生以及81%进入城市执业的学生。研究结果表明，很有可能进入农村（或城市）执业的验光专业学生在培训早期甚至培训前就能被客观识别出来。这种识别可能有助于教育工作者挑选和培养能够为最需要地区的人们提供视力保健服务的验光师。
