Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study participant groups
Course group (n = 93) | Control group (n = 120) | |||
Gender (n, %) | F 54 (58) | M 39 (42) | F 64 (53) | M 56 (47) |
Age | ||||
Mean (SD) | 25 (3.6) | 26 (3.5) | ||
Median | 24 | 25 | ||
Yes | No | Yes | No | |
Experience and knowledge prior to medical school | ||||
Studies in other subjects than medicine (n, %) | 59 (63) | 34 (37) | 90 (75) | 30 (25) |
Prior knowledge of medicine (n, %) | 56 (60) | 37 (40) | 83 (69) | 37 (31) |
Participation of the official study aptitude test medicine (n, %) | 45 (48) | 48 (52) | 50 (42) | 70 (58) |
Experience and knowledge prior to the pre-test (during medical school) | ||||
Prior knowledge of ultrasound (n, %) | 80 (86) | 13 (14) | 67 (56) | 53 (44) |
Prior knowledge of echocardiography (n, %) | 13 (14) | 80 (86) | 4 (3) | 116 (97) |
Any other ultrasound course completed (n, (%) | 63 (68) | 30 (32) | 56 (47) | 64 (53) |
Any other echocardiography course (n, %) | 10 (11) | 83 (89) | 0 (0) | 120 (100) |