Table 2 Program evaluation for improvement in student knowledge and confidence post curriculum
From: Enhancing existing medical school curricula with an innovative healthcare disparities curriculum
Knowledge of Health Disparities | High Utilizers N = 52 | Low Utilizers N = 40 | High vs. Low Utilizers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average percent correct answers (SD) | 69 (15.6) | 80 (13.8) | 0.001 | 69 (12.1) | 70.0 (14.7) | 0.692 | 0.0013 |
Abilities & Confidence Post- Curriculum | Poor/Fair % | Good % | Very Good/ Excellent % | Poor/Fair % | Good % | Very Good/ Excellent % | X 2 P-Value |
Rate your present ability to describe some health disparities among Blacks/African Americans in the United States? | 20 | 53 | 27 | 37 | 57 | 6 | 0.048 |
Rate your present confidence in addressing health disparities issues in a clinical setting? | 22 | 65 | 13 | 51 | 40 | 9 | 0.021 |
Rate your present ability to describe some health disparities among Native American and Alaskan Native populations in the United States? | 54 | 41 | 4 | 77 | 23 | 0 | 0.076 |
Rate your present ability to describe some health disparities among Hispanic/Latino populations in the United States? | 22 | 61 | 17 | 37 | 57 | 6 | 0.142 |
Rate your present ability to describe the impact of socioeconomic status on disease outcomes? | 2 | 57 | 41 | 6 | 71 | 23 | 0.182 |
Rate your present ability to describe impact of commercially obtained insurance and government health insurance on health outcomes? | 22 | 72 | 7 | 31 | 69 | 0 | 0.220 |
Rate your present ability to describe major barriers and drivers of health disparity? | 2 | 70 | 28 | 9 | 71 | 20 | 0.332 |
Composite of 16 True-False Questions | Pre Correct % | Post Correct % | two sample t-test p-value | Pre Correct % | Post Correct % | two sample t-test p-value | two sample t-test p-value |