Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of medical student perceptions regarding clinical training
Private, n = 129 | Public, n = 542 | aOR*, 95% CI | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n(%) | n(%) | |||||
How important do you consider clinical rotations in your training? | ||||||
Important | 128 (99) | 538 (99) | 0.97, 0.10 – 9.86 | 0.98 | ||
Not Important | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | ||||
What changes have you experienced in your clinical rotations? | ||||||
Virtual Rotations | 60 (47) | 122 (23) | 1.99, 1.30 – 3.04 | < 0.001 | ||
Cancelled | 69 (53) | 420 (77) | ||||
How do you think these changes will affect your medical training? | ||||||
Positively | 6 (5) | 22 (4) | 0.76, 0.28 – 2.05 | 0.59 | ||
Negatively | 123 (95) | 520 (96) | ||||
Do you consider these changes will affect your performance as pregrade intern? | ||||||
Yes | 128 (99) | 521 (96) | 4.83, 0.67 – 35.0 | 0.12 | ||
No | 1 (1) | 21 (4) | ||||
Do you consider the restrictions necessary? | ||||||
Agree | 77 (60) | 423 (78) | 0.41, 0.27 – 0.62 | < 0.001 | ||
Disagree | 52 (40) | 119 (22) | ||||
Would you feel safe going back to your clinical rotations? | ||||||
Yes | 76 (59) | 200 (37) | 0.39, 0.26 – 0.58 | < 0.001 | ||
No | 53 (41) | 342 (63) | ||||
In comparison to previous generations not affected by the pandemic, your feel that your clinical training was | ||||||
Worse | 106 (82) | 430 (79) | 1.33, 0.79 – 2.25 | 0.29 | ||
Equal or better | 23 (18) | 112 (21) | ||||
If it was possible to do so, would you repeat final year training? | ||||||
Yes | 110 (85) | 441 (81) | 1.09, 0.63 – 1.89 | 0.76 | ||
No | 19 (15) | 101 (19) | ||||