Table 2 Comparison of CTDI-CV total score based on self-reported variables
From: Chinese medical students’ disposition for critical thinking: a mixed methods exploration
Demographics | N | % | Total Score (Mean ± SD) | Test | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
School | |||||
Gannan Medical University | 429 | 34.6 | 285.44 ± 30.30 | F = 3.84 | p < 0.05 |
Medical College of Soochow University | 413 | 33.3 | 285.41 ± 27.61 | ||
Tongji University School of Medicine | 399 | 32.2 | 290.44 ± 31.34 | ||
Year of school attended | |||||
Basic sciences course (1st and 2nd) | 518 | 41.7 | 290.80 ± 28.38 | F = 10.32 | p < 0.001 |
Clinical course (3rd and 4th) | 545 | 43.9 | 285.92 ± 30.06 | ||
Internship (5th) | 178 | 14.3 | 279.51 ± 31.77 | ||
GPA | |||||
Above average | 914 | 73.7 | 288.74 ± 29.72 | F = 6.32 | p < 0.01 |
Average | 257 | 20.7 | 281.31 ± 29.00 | ||
Below average | 70 | 5.6 | 285.88 ± 32.29 | ||
Weekly time spent learning after class | |||||
> 10 h | 466 | 37.6 | 291.25 ± 31.05 | F = 14.14 | p < 0.001 |
5 ~ 10 h | 375 | 30.2 | 288.48 ± 27.46 | ||
0 ~ 5 h | 400 | 32.2 | 280.79 ± 29.61 | ||
Attitude towards medicine | |||||
Interest | 794 | 64.0 | 291.66 ± 29.55 | F = 28.93 | p < 0.001 |
Ambivalent | 387 | 31.2 | 279.74 ± 27.81 | ||
No interest | 60 | 4.8 | 273.03 ± 33.05 | ||
Desire to be a doctor after graduation | |||||
Yes | 1136 | 91.5 | 287.90 ± 29.46 | t = −3.35 | p < 0.001 |
No | 105 | 8.5 | 277.75 ± 32.49 | ||
Familiarity with CT | |||||
Understands | 559 | 45.0 | 292.44 ± 31.14 | F = 20.40 | p < 0.001 |
Heard but does not understand | 575 | 46.3 | 283.85 ± 27.15 | ||
Never heard | 107 | 8.6 | 275.97 ± 31.48 | ||
Perception of importance of CT | |||||
Important | 910 | 73.3 | 290.28 ± 29.18 | F = 22.25 | p < 0.001 |
Ambivalent | 282 | 22.7 | 279.26 ± 29.37 | ||
Not important | 49 | 4.0 | 271.58 ± 32.32 | ||