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Table 3 Attitudes toward peripheral hospital placement

From: Enhancing future acceptance of rural placement in Tanzania through peripheral hospital rotations for medical students

Attitude towards peripheral hospital placement

n

SA

A

N

Dis

SD

Mean (SDev)

sCns (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

I like the idea of peripheral hospital placement

108

29 (26.9)

67 (62.0)

8 (7.4)

2 (1.9)

2 (1.9)

4.1 (0.8)

81.9

I have general favourable attitude towards peripheral hospital placement

107

30 (28.0)

62 (57.9)

13 (12.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.9)

4.1 (0.8)

81.9

I believe that it is a good idea to place students in the peripheral hospital in clinical care

108

35 (32.4)

61 (56.5)

7 (6.5)

2 (1.9)

3 (2.8)

4.1 (0.8)

82.4

Peripheral hospital placement is a great idea

108

35 (32.4)

60 (55.6)

10 (9.3)

1 (0.9)

2 (1.9)

4.2 (0.8)

83.0

I am very likely to accept deployment to the rural hospitals after completion of my studies

108

19 (17.6)

53 (49.1)

27 (25.0)

4 (3.7)

5 (4.6)

3.7 (1.0)

73.0

Mean

4.0

80.4

  1. n number of students, SA Strongly Agree, A Agree, N Neutral/Undecided, Dis Disagree, SD Strongly Disagree, SDev Standard Deviation, sCns Strength of consensus measure