Table 1 Experience of Basic Medical Science Topics
From: Cuban medical training for South African students: a mixed methods study
Cuban-trained | South African-trained | Mann-Whitney Z | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Mean (SD) | Median | Mean (SD) | |||
1. Biochemistry* | 4.00 | 4.32(0.67) | 3.00 | 3.36(0.91) | −4.29 | .000 |
2. Biostatistics and epidemiology* | 5.00 | 4.54(0.64) | 3.00 | 3.10(1.09) | −5.34 | .000 |
3. Genetics | 4.00 | 4.04(0.88) | 3.00 | 3.26(0.96) | −3.00 | .003 |
4. Gross anatomy/dissection | 5.00 | 4.32(0.98) | 4.00 | 3.83(1.12) | −2.01 | .044 |
5. Immunology | 4.50 | 4.18(0.98) | 4.00 | 3.74(1.04) | −1.83 | .067 |
6. Introduction to clinical medicine | 5.00 | 4.41(0.69) | 4.00 | 4.17(0.89) | −0.98 | .329 |
7. Social science, ethics, politics* | 4.00 | 4.11(1.01) | 3.00 | 3.07(1.26) | −3.32 | .001 |
8. Microanatomy/Histology* | 5.00 | 4.32(0.86) | 3.00 | 3.05(1.29) | −4.07 | .000 |
9. Microbiology | 4.50 | 4.36(0.73) | 4.00 | 3.62(1.08) | −2.96 | .003 |
10. Neuroscience | 4.00 | 3.78(0.89) | 4.00 | 3.49(1.14) | −0.90 | .368 |
11. Pathology | 4.50 | 4.32(0.77) | 4.00 | 3.86(1.03) | −1.88 | .060 |
12. Pharmacology | 4.00 | 4.29(0.71) | 4.00 | 3.57(1.05) | −2.16 | .031 |
13. Physiology | 5.00 | 4.39(0.74) | 4.00 | 3.91(1.05) | −1.98 | .048 |
14. Psychology* | 5.00 | 4.54(0.58) | 3.00 | 3.21(1.26) | −4.52 | .000 |
15. Pathophysiology of disease | 4.50 | 4.39(0.69) | 4.00 | 4.02(0.95) | −1.54 | .123 |
16. Introduction to the patient | 5.00 | 4.68(0.61) | 4.00 | 4.10(1.04) | −2.61 | .009 |
17. Research ethics* | 4.00 | 4.29(0.81) | 3.00 | 2.88(1.31) | −4.44 | .000 |
18. Foreign languages* | 5.00 | 4.36(0.87) | 2.00 | 2.40(1.35) | −4.75 | .000 |