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Table 3 Questionnaire items at the beginning of and after the online-sCP

From: Alternative approaches for clinical clerkship during the COVID-19 pandemic: online simulated clinical practice for inpatients and outpatients—A mixed method

Question

Responses

At the beginning of the online-sCP

(A1) What is your self-assessment of your clinical skills competence?

Medical interviewing, physical examination,

humanistic qualities/professionalism,

clinical judgment, counseling, organization or efficiency, overall clinical competence,

writing daily medical records, writing medical summaries

Nine-point Likert scale

1 (extremely poor) to 9 (extremely good)

(A2) What is the duration of self-study per day, other than the time spent on practical training during CC thus far?

The response options are as follows:

≤1 hour, 1–2 hours, 2–3 hours, 3–4 hours, 4–5 hours, 5–6 hours, ≥6 hours

(A3) How long was the average duration of self-study time per day during the period of CC postponed

The response options are the same as in question A2.

At the end of the online-sCP

(B1) What is your assessment of your clinical skills competence?

Same items as in question A1.

Nine-point Likert scale

1 (extremely poor) to 9 (extremely good)

(B2) What is your level of satisfaction with the practice?

Entire program of the department

For Respiratory unit: sEHR

For General Medicine: e-PBL, online-VMI

Five-point Likert scale

1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)

(B3) What was the average duration of self-study time per day during the online-CP?

The response options are same as in question A2.

(B4) Which of these do you think is more useful for CC or the online-CP?

Same items as in question A1.

Five-point Likert scale

1 (CC) to 5 (online-sCP)

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