Table 2 Changes in research interest during and after the individual research projects
From: Medical students’ research productivity and career preferences; a 2-year prospective follow-up study
Changes in research interest during the course | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 46 | N = 74 | N = 71a | N = 133a | N = 63b | |||
Decreased a lot | Some decrease | No change | Some increase | Increased a lot | |||
Changes in research interest at follow- up | Increased a lot | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 25 | # of students w increased interest (N = 191) |
Some increase | 11 | 29 | 23 | 63 | 18 | ||
No change | 14 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 14 | No change (N = 141) | |
Some decrease | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | # of students w decreased interest (N = 52) | |
Decreased a lot | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
# of students w decreased interest in research (N = 120) | No change (N = 71) | # of students w increased interest in research (N = 196) | |||||