Medical students’ preparedness for professional activities in early clerkships

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Stepwise regressions of preparedness dimensions on influencing factors

1. 1. Confidence to carry out clerkship activities
Model	Step	R²	ΔR²	F
	1 learner	0.14	0.14	22.72***
	2 learner + activity	0.25	0.11	15.53***
	3 learner + activity + clerkship	0.25	0.00	11.88***
Regression coefficients (step 3)	Variables	B	SE	β	t
Learner	Self-efficacy	0.48	0.12	0.29	3.93***
Activity	Ratio first time	−0.01	0.00	−0.30	−3.93***
Activity	Range of activities	0.04	0.01	0.24	3.04**
Clerkship	General supervision	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.98
2. 2. Preparation through university teaching
Model	Step	R²	ΔR²	F
	1 learner	0.10	0.10	6.21**
	2 learner + activity	0.17	0.07	5.45***
	3 learner + activity + clerkship	0.26	0.09	5.27***
Regression coefficients (step 3)	Variables	B	SE	β	t
Learner	Self-efficacy	0.46	0.20	0.20	2.30*
	Medical experiences prior to university	−0.20	0.19	−0.09	−1.01
	Number of clerkships	−0.25	0.11	−0.20	−2.31*
Activity	Ratio group 1 activities	0.01	0.01	0.21	1.81
Activity	Ratio group 2 activities	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.29
Clerkship	More than 25 beds on the ward	−0.29	0.20	−0.13	−1.44
Clerkship	General supervision	0.17	0.08	0.19	2.13*
3. 3. Support Coping
Model	Step	R²	ΔR²	F
	1 learner	0.04	0.04	5.36*
	2 learner + activity	0.17	0.13	9.80***
Regression coefficients (step 2)	Variables	B	SE	β	t
Learner	gender	0.28	0.14	0.16	2.01*
Activity	Ratio first time	0.01	0.00	0.31	3.91***
Activity	Range of activities	0.03	0.02	0.13	1.69

Legend: Individual individual factors, clerkship clerkship-specific factors, activity activity-specific factors, B unstandardised regression coefficient, SE Standard error, β standardised regression coefficient
***p < 0.0001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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