Table 2 Demographic characteristic of participants with traditional teaching and block teaching
Characteristic | Traditional teaching | Block teaching | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants(%) | Number of participants(%) | ||
N = 465 | N = 499 | ||
Age | |||
< 25 | 218 (46.88) | 142 (28.40) | < 0.01 |
≥ 25 | 247 (53.12) | 357 (71.60) | |
Gender | |||
Male | 256 (55.05) | 298 (59.72) | 0.14 |
Female | 209 (44.95) | 201 (40.28) | |
Degree | |||
Academic | 321 (69.03) | 342 (68.54) | 0.87 |
Professional | 144 (30.97) | 157 (31.46) | |
Specialty | |||
Clinical | 355 (76.34) | 343 (68.74) | < 0.01 |
Research | 76 (16.34) | 93 (18.64) | |
Others | 34 (7.31) | 63 (12.63) | |
Logical thinking ability | |||
Very poor | 9 (1.94) | 6 (1.20) | 0.23 |
Poor | 30 (6.45) | 29 (5.81) | |
Neutral | 249 (53.55) | 247 (49.50) | |
Good | 159 (34.19) | 184 (36.87) | |
Very good | 18 (3.87) | 33 (6.61) | |
Mathemetical basic | |||
Very poor | 18 (3.87) | 14 (2.81) | 0.69 |
Poor | 83 (17.85) | 94 (18.84) | |
Neutral | 254 (54.62) | 283 (56.71) | |
Good | 96 (20.65) | 98 (19.64) | |
Very good | 14 (3.01) | 10 (2.00) | |
Computer basics | |||
Very poor | 15 (3.23) | 16 (3.21) | 0.02 |
Poor | 94 (20.22) | 80 (16.03) | |
Neutral | 285 (61.29) | 287 (57.52) | |
Good | 60 (12.90) | 104 (20.84) | |
Very good | 11 (2.37) | 12 (2.40) | |
Research experience | |||
No | 279 (60.00) | 199 (38.27) | < 0.01 |
Yes | 186 (40.00) | 300 (61.73) | |