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Table 4 Social and behavioral risk factors of medical students by class year at study enrollment

From: Medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: a reflection on the JHUSOM experience

 

No. of 1st and 2nd year students (%)N = 89

No. of 3rd and 4th year students (%)N = 128

No. of students on a research year / leave of absence (%)N = 45

Total no. of students (%)N = 262a

Home environment

No. of people live with:

0

8 (9.0)

14 (10.9)

1 (2.2)

23 (8.8)

1–2

57 (64.0)

72 (56.3)

34 (75.6)

163 (62.2)

3–4

23 (25.9)

41 (32.0)

10 (22.2)

74 (28.2)

No response

1 (1.1)

1 (0.8)

0

2 (0.8)

Lived with someone in in healthcare:

41 (46.1)

80 (62.5)

30 (66.7)

151 (57.6)

Non-clinical activities and exposures

Participated in classroom activities in last 4 months

21 (23.6)

23 (18.0)

6 (13.3)

50 (19.1)

Travelled to state/country with community transmission in last 4 months

53 (59.6)

69 (53.9)

20 (44.4)

142 (54.2)

Clinical activities and exposures

Exposed without a mask to COVID-19 positive:

Household

contact

0

0

1

1

Non-work friend

1

0

1

2

Patient

0

1

1

2

Hospital staff

member

0

0

1

1

None

83

125

41

249

Had patient interaction in last 4 months:

24 (27.0)

76 (59.4)

10 (22.2)

110 (42.0)

Spent time with COVID-19 patients:

No

80 (89.9)

122 (95.3)

45 (100.0)

247 (94.3)

Yes

5 (5.6)

6 (4.7)

0 (0.0)

11 (4.2)

No response

4 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.5)

Percent of time spent with patients not known to have COVID-19:

0%

59 (66.3)

57 (44.5)

35 (77.8)

151 (57.6)

1–50%

21 (23.6)

18 (14.1)

2 (4.4)

41 (15.6)

51–100%

6 (6.7)

49 (38.3)

8 (17.8)

63 (24.0)

No response

3 (3.4)

4 (3.1)

0

7 (2.7)

  1. aExcludes 2 students who did not indicate a class year