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Table 4 Course participation by level of study

From: Global Health Education: a cross-sectional study among German medical students to identify needs, deficits and potential benefits (Part 1 of 2: Mobility patterns & educational needs and demands)

Participation in courses of global helath and tropical medicine by level of study

  

Course participation

 
  

yes

no

 

Course

term

Abolute freq.

%*

Absolute freq.

%*

p-value**

Global Health

1-4

17

4.8

334

95.2

0.002

 

5-8

45

10.6

380

89.4

 
 

9-12

35

12.2

253

87.8

 
 

> 12

9

14.5

53

85.4

 

Tropical Medicine

1-4

8

2.3

343

97.7

< 0.0005

 

5-8

68

16.0

357

84.0

 
 

9-12

79

27.4

209

72.6

 
 

> 12

20

32.3

42

67.7

 
  1. *Percentages refer to the proportion of „Course participation yes/no" among the subgroup "term" (line total = 100%).
  2. **p-value of Fisher's exact test was calculated for terms 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12.