Motivations, barriers and ethical understandings of healthcare student volunteers on a medical service trip: a mixed methods study

Table 6 Significant difference in motivations/barriers by participation on previous MST

Desire to receive academic credit
	1^a	2^a	3^a	4^a	5^a	Total	p value
Previous participation	8	6	1	0	0	15	0.018
No previous participation	6	2	8	2	0	18
Improved personal confidence
	1^a	2^a	3^a	4^a	5^a	Total	p value
Previous participation	0	0	5	4	6	15	0.037
No previous participation	1	3	4	9	1	18
Improved interpersonal skills
	1^a	2^a	3^a	4^a	5^a	Total	p value
Previous participation	0	0	2	5	8	15	0.037
No previous participation	0	1	0	13	4	18

^aNumber of respondents answering 1 (not important at all) 2 Not very important 3 (Neither important nor unimportant) 4 (Fairly important) 5 (Very important)

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