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Table 3 Medical student perceptions regarding clinical training

From: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical training of last year medical students in Mexico: a cross-sectional nationwide study

 

Total

( n = 671)

Private

(n = 129)

Public

(n = 542)

p-value*

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

How important do you consider clinical rotations in your training?

0.7

 Very Important

632 (94)

122 (95)

510 (94)

 

 Important

34 (5.1)

6 (4.7)

28 (5.2)

 

 Moderately Important

2 (0.3)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.2)

 

  Slightly Important

2 (0.3)

0 (0)

2 (0.4)

 

 Not Important

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

 

What changes have you experienced in your clinical rotations?

 < 0.001

 Cancelled

486 (72.5)

68 (52.7)

418 (77.1)

 

 Virtual Rotations

182 (27.1)

60 (46.5)

122 (22.5)

 

 No changes

3 (0.4)

1 (0.8)

2 (0.4)

 

How do you think these changes will affect your medical training?

0.065

 Positively

12 (1.8)

5 (3.9)

7 (1.3)

 

 Neutral

16 (2.4)

1 (0.8)

15 (2.8)

 

 Negatively

643 (96)

123 (95)

520 (96)

 

Do you consider these changes will affect your performance as pregrade intern?

0.10

 Yes

649 (97)

128 (99)

521 (96)

 

 No

22 (3.3)

1 (0.8)

21 (3.9)

 

Do you consider the restrictions necessary?

0.001

 Completely Agree

221 (33)

33 (26)

188 (35)

 

 Agree

279 (42)

44 (34)

235 (43)

 

 Neutral

116 (17)

35 (27)

81 (15)

 

 Disagree

45 (6.7)

14 (11)

31 (5.7)

 

 Completely Disagree

10 (1.5)

3 (2.3)

7 (1.3)

 

Would you feel safe going back to your clinical rotations?

 < 0.001

 Yes

276 (41)

76 (59)

200 (37)

 

 No

395 (59)

53 (41)

342 (63)

 

In comparison to previous generations not affected by the pandemic, your feel that your clinical training was

0.10

 Better

85 (13)

19 (15)

66 (12)

 

 Equal

50 (7.5)

4 (3.1)

46 (8.5)

 

 Worse

536 (80)

106 (82)

430 (79)

 

If it was possible to do so, would you repeat final year training?

0.3

 Yes

551 (82)

110 (85)

441 (81)

 

 No

120 (18)

19 (15)

101 (19)

 
  1. *Fisher's exact test; Pearson's Chi-squared test