Table 2 Subjective assessment of knowledge of global health issues by course participation
Subjective assessment of knowledge of global health issues by participation in courses of global health or tropical medicine | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Course participation | ||||
| Â | Â | yes | no | Â | ||
Course | Self-assessment of knowledge on 1-to-6 scale | Absolute freq. | %* | Absolute freq. | %* | p-value § |
Global Health | rather good (1) | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 0.0001*** |
| Â | midsection (2-5) | 92 | 11.2 | 733 | 88.9 | Â |
| Â | rather bad (6) | 12 | 4.1 | 283 | 95.9 | Â |
Tropical Medicine | rather good (1) | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0.005** |
| Â | midsection (2-5) | 139 | 16.9 | 686 | 83.2 | Â |
| Â | rather bad (6) | 33 | 11.2 | 262 | 88.8 | Â |