Table 3 Comparison of knowledge and attitudes of medical students in relation to research by gender, academic year, intention to perform residency abroad and GPA.
Knowledge | Attitude | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | p – value | Mean ± SD | p - value | ||
t test | |||||
Gender | |||||
Female | 3.97 ± 1.81 | 0.009* | 3.90 ± 0.50 | 0.056 | |
Male | 3.44 ± 1.69 | 3.82 ± 0.59 | |||
ANOVA test | |||||
Academic year | |||||
Second | 3.07 ± 1.62 | 3.81 ± 0.50 | |||
Third | 3.77 ± 1.97 | 3.87 ± 0.48 | |||
Fourth | 3.79 ± 1.63 | < 0.001* | 3.94 ± 0.56 | 0.418 | |
Fifth | 4.36 ± 1.84 | 3.93 ± 0.63 | |||
Sixth | 4.39 ± 1.56 | 3.80 ± 0.58 | |||
Intention to do residency abroad | |||||
No | 3.81 ± 1.80 | 3.67 ± 0.48 | |||
Yes | 3.77 ± 1.88 | 0.974 | 3.94 ± 0.56 | 0.021* | |
Not sure | 3.73 ± 1.62 | 3.79 ± 0.50 | |||
GPA | |||||
Excellent | 3.77 ± 1.77 | 4.08 ± 0.57 | |||
Very good | 3.91 ± 1.79 | 0.148 | 3.87 ± 0.51 | 0.025* | |
Good | 3.48 ± 1.75 | 3.81 ± 0.58 | |||
Total | 3.76 ± 1.78 | 3.87 ± 0.54 | |||