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Table 5 Questionnaire results about effect of prerequisite course on scientific research ability training in the PC and NPC groups

From: Evaluation of a prerequisite course of histology implementation for Chinese students of eight-year medical programme: a mixed quantitative survey

Items

PC group

NPC group

t

P

Master professional English of histology

3.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.13

2.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.13

2.47

0.02

Increase my professional English vocabulary

3.31ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

2.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

3.57

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01

Improve my English writing ability

3.23ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.11

2.54ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

3.89

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01

Helpful for slices observation

3.41ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.11

3.06ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

2.23

0.03

Helpful for morphological analysis

3.18ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

2.57ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

3.26

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01

Improve my clinical analysis ability

3.31ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

2.91ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

2.36

0.02

Improve my scientific research ability

3.31ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

2.74ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.13

2.94

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01

Expand my academic field

3.38ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

2.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.14

4.04

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01

Conducive to subsequent scientific research tasks

3.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.12

2.63ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.13

4.26

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01

I would recommend this course to my peers

3.44ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.09

2.54ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.17

4.78

ā€‰<ā€‰0.01