Table 2 Comparison of groups teaching nontechnical skills (NTS group) and not teaching nontechnical skills (noNTS group)

Total

77 (100%)

51 (66%)

26 (34%)

University

 Budapest

24 (31%)

15 (29%)

9 (35%)

0.56*

 Pécs

18 (23%)

11 (22%)

7 (27%)

 Szeged

17 (22%)

12 (24%)

5 (19%)

 Debrecen

12 (16%)

7 (14%)

5 (19%)

 Other

6 (8%)

6 (11%)

0

Faculty

 Faculty of medical sciences

34 (44%)

17 (34%)

17 (65%)

0.025

 Faculty of health sciences

24 (31%)

20 (40%)

4 (16%)

 Both

18 (23%)

13 (26%)

5 (19%)

Academic year

 Teaching students in year 1

30 (39%)

24 (47%)

6 (23%)

0.051

 Teaching students in year 2

29 (38%)

26 (51%)

3 (12%)

0.001

 Teaching students in year 3

36 (47%)

28 (55%)

8 (31%)

0.090

 Teaching students in year 4

46 (60%)

32 (64%)

14 (54%)

0.472

 Teaching students in year 5

29 (38%)

16 (31%)

13 (50%)

0.111

 Teaching students in year 6

23 (30%)

12 (24%)

11 (42%)

0.090

Specialty^a

 Emergency medicine, anaesthesiology or intensive therapy

9 (12%)

7 (14%)

2 (8%)

0.025

 Specialties with surgical or interventional aspects

17 (22%)

5 (10%)

12 (46%)

 Specialties with conservative treatment methods

29 (38%)

22 (43%)

9 (35%)

 Specialties focusing on health system development

20 (26%)

17 (33%)

3 (12%)

The rate of acute situations in the taught specialty

 Frequent

24 (31%)

17 (33%)

7 (28%)

0.545

 Moderate

20 (26%)

11 (22%)

9 (36%)

 Rare

8 (10%)

7 (14%)

1 (4%)

 Extremely rare

14 (18%)

9 (18%)

5 (20%)

 Mixed^b

10 (13%)

7 (14%)

3 (12%)

Types of NTS characterizing the taught specialty

 Teamwork

72 (94%)

48 (94%)

24 (92%)

0.552

 Team leadership

57 (74%)

41 (80%)

16 (62%)

0.067

 Team membership

57 (74%)

42 (82%)

15 (60%)

0.021

 Multidisciplinary cooperation

61 (79%)

41 (80%)

20 (77%)

0.469

 Communication with colleagues

57 (74%)

40 (78%)

17 (65%)

0.168

 Communication with family

61 (79%)

42 (82%)

19 (73%)

0.254

The willingness of participating in a course about NTS

 The rate of institutes requiring a course about NTS education

69 (90%)

46 (90%)

23 (88%)

0.685