Table 2 How well the Preparation for House Officer course prepared medical students for FY1
Questions | strongly disagree 1 | disagree 2 | don't know 3 | agree 4 | strongly agree 5 | mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The taught part of the course prepared me well for my first FY1 job [n = 74] | 11% [8] | 45% [33] | 14% [10] | 28% [21] | 3% [2] | 2.7 | 1.09 |
The taught part of the course did not prepare me well for working as an F1 [n = 72] | 1% [1] | 18% [14] | 8% [6] | 54% [40] | 15% [11] | 3.6 | 1.01 |
During my first job I drew on the knowledge gained during the taught course [n = 74] | 18% [13] | 45% [33] | 23% [17] | 14% [10] | 1% [1] | 2.4 | .97 |
The taught part of the course gave me better preparation than the shadowing part [n = 74] | 59% [44] | 34% [25] | 5% [4] | 1% [1] | 0%[ 0] | 1.5 | .67 |
The shadowing part of the course was more useful than the taught part [n = 74] | 1% [1] | 1% [1] | 3% [2] | 39% [29] | 55% [41] | 4.5 | .74 |
A lot of what we did in the taught part should have been done during shadowing [n = 74] | 3% [2] | 12% [9] | 22% [16] | 47% [35] | 16% [12] | 3.6 | .99 |