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Table 3 Students’ self-evaluation of their knowledge, attitudes, and skills after their court-based learning

From: Developing an innovative medical ethics and law curriculum—constructing a situation-based, interdisciplinary, court-based learning course: a mixed methods study

 

Do Not Understand at All (1) (n, %)

Do Not Understand (2) (n, %)

Neutral (3) (n, %)

Understand (4) (n, %)

Completely Understand (5) (n, %)

Mean

Court operations

0 (0)

1 (1)

24 (25)

62 (64)

10 (10)

3.84±0.61

Medical lawsuit

0 (0)

2 (2)

27 (28)

58 (60)

10 (10)

3.78±0.65

Mediation

0 (0)

4 (4)

28 (29)

52 (54)

12 (13)

3.75±0.73

 

Strongly Disagree (1) (n, %)

Disagree (2) (n, %)

Neutral (3) (n, %)

Agree (4) (n, %)

Strongly Agree (5) (n, %)

Mean

Less worried about medical disputes

1 (1)

13 (14)

29 (31)

43 (46)

8 (8)

3.47±0.88

Accept the court’s ruling

1 (1)

6 (6)

28 (29)

51 (53)

10 (11)

3.66±0.79

Aware of potential medical disputes

0 (0)

2 (2)

24 (25)

56 (58)

14 (15)

3.85±0.68

Able to show empathy and apply mediation skills

0 (0)

0 (0)

19 (20)

61 (63)

16 (17)

3.97±0.61

More interested in medical law courses

0 (0)

1 (1)

20 (21)

54 (56)

21 (22)

3.99±0.69