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Table 2 Medical students’ personal backgrounds and preclinical SL experience (N = 70)

From: Medical students’ preclinical service-learning experience and its effects on empathy in clinical training

Variables

Scale

Mean (Frequency)

SD (Percentage)

Demographic characteristics

 Sex

Male

(36)

(51)

Female

(34)

(49)

 Age

 

23.486

2.005

Preclinical SL experience

 CBST membership

No

(16)

(23)

Yes

(54)

(77)

 CBST service intensity: the number of service themes the student engaged in

 

6.069

6.250

 CBST service intensity: the average time spent per service theme (hrs)

 

14.987

30.177

 ECST membership

No

(28)

(40)

Yes

(42)

(60)

 ECST service intensity: the number of service themes the student engaged in

 

4.579

10.485

 ECST service intensity: the average time spent per service theme (hrs)

 

31.029

66.420

 Perceived SL self-efficacy (5-point scale)

 

3.400

0.824

  1. Note: SL: service learning; CBST: curriculum-based service team; ECST: extracurricular service team