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Table 5 Student responses to the IT based survey

From: Interpersonal behaviors and socioemotional interaction of medical students in a virtual clinical encounter

Question**

Median

IQR

Males

Females

1. Was the VP program designed for applying your knowledge?

4,5

4.0-5.0

5

4

2. Are computer simulations important for promoting learning?

4

3-4

3.5

4

3. Do you master IT-based learning tools?

4

3.75-4.25

4

4

4. When I use IT-support for learning I prefer to collaborate with others.

3

3-4

4

3

5. The use of IT is interesting

4

3-4

4

3

6. The use of IT is enjoyable

3

2-4

3

3

7. I feel fully concentrated when I use IT

3

2-4

3

3

8. Telepresence and Web***

1

1-2

2

1

  1. **Five-point Likert-type scale (1=not at all, 5 =highly).
  2. ***Telepresence was based on the following 7 items (with a yielded Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.83):
  3. 1. I forget about my immediate surroundings when I use the Web.
  4. 2. Using the Web often makes me forget where I am.
  5. 3. After using the Web, I feel like I come back to the "real world" after a journey.
  6. 4. Using the Web creates a new world for me, and this world suddenly disappears when I stop browsing.
  7. 5. When I use the Web, I feel I am in a world created by the Web sites I visit.
  8. 6. When I use the Web, my body is in the room, but my mind is inside the world created by the Websites I visit.
  9. 7. When I use the Web, the world generated by the sites I visit is more real for me than the "real world".
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BMC Medical Education

ISSN: 1472-6920

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