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Table 2 Health science students’ TV viewing

From: TV medical dramas: health sciences students’ viewing habits and potential for teaching issues related to bioethics and professionalism

Academic program

Watch TV

Type of TV program

Watch medical dramas

Format

Frequency (>1 time p/week)

Series

Movies

News

Sports

Total

 

Regular episodes on TV

Reruns on TV

DVD

Online platforms

Medicine

M 35 (97.2)

F 86 (100)

M 30 (83.3)

F 83 (9.5)

M 34 (94.4)

F 76 (88.4)

M 29 (8.6)

F 68 (79.1)

M 18 (50)

F 30 (3.9)

57 (46)

M 12 (33.3)

F 45 (52.3)*

10 (17.5)

15 (26.3)

1 (1.8)

54 **

36 (29)

Nursing

M 20 (95.2)

F 122 (100)

M 20 (95.2)

F 115 (94.3)

M 17 (81)

F 96 (78.7)

M 17 (81)

F 66 (54)*

M 13 (61.9)

F 29 (23.8)*

80 (55.9)

M 6 (28.6)

F 74 (70.7)*

32 (40)

13 (16.3)

1 (1,3)

94**

78 (54.5)$

Human Biology

M 18 (94.7)

F 68 (98.6)

M 18 (94.7)

F 65 (94.2)

M 19 (100)

F 65 (94.2)

M 15 (78.9)

F 45 (65.2)

M 10 (52.6)

F 22 (32.4)

39 (44.3)

M 3 (15.8)

F 36 (52.2)*

13 (33.3)

12 (30.8)

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42**

25 (28.4)

  1. Data are expressed as number of cases and percentages in parentheses.
  2. *Significantly different between genders, p < 0.05
  3. **Significantly different from other formats, p < 0.05
  4. $Significantly different from other academic programs