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Table 1 Answers to the questions, by phase of study and gender

From: Preparing medical students for their educational task as physicians: important, desirable and unexplored territory

Result*

Number of students; % (n/N)‡

 

Teaching is part of the core duties of a physician

 

Total (n = 2493)

Men (n = 553)

Women (n = 1940)

Bachelor (n = 1269)

Master (n = 1224)

Agree

49.4 (1232)

57.7 (319)†

47.1 (913)

35.1 (446)

64.2 (786)†

Neutral

28.8 (719)

24.1 (133)

30.2 (586)†

33.6 (427)†

23.9 (292)

Disagree

21.7 (542)

18.3 (101)

22.7 (441)†

31.2 (396)†

11.9 (146)

 

Older year medical students can teach younger year medical students well

 

Total (n = 2490)

Men (n = 552)

Women (n = 1938)

Bachelor (n = 1267)

Master (n = 1223)

Agree

63.6 (1584)

66.7 (368)

62.7 (1216)

62 (786)

65.2 (798)

Neutral

24.3 (604)

21.9 (121)

24.9 (483)

26.6 (337)†

21.9 (267)

Disagree

12.1 (302)

11.4 (63)

12.3 (239)

11.4 (134)

12.9 (158)†

 

I feel well prepared to teach as a physician from the medical school

 

Total (n = 2486)

Men (n = 552)

Women (n = 1934)

Bachelor (n = 1263)

Master (n = 1223)

Agree

26.5 (658)

36.2 (200)†

23.7 (458)

26.7 (337)

26.2 (321)

Neutral

34.5 (858)

29.9 (165)

35.8 (693)†

40.9 (516)†

28 (342)

Disagree

39 (970)

33.9 (187)

40.5 (783)†

32.5 (410)

45.8 (560)†

 

I feel well prepared to teach as a physician based on my own experience

 

Total (n = 2479)

Men (n = 550)

Women (n = 1929)

Bachelor (n = 1258)

Master (n = 1221)

Agree

47.6 (1180)

61.5 (338)†

43.6 (842)

39.7 (499)

55.8 (681)†

Neutral

30.4 (758)

26 (143)

31.7 (611)†

35.7 (449)†

25 (305)

Disagree

22 (545)

12.5 (69)

24.7 (476)†

24.6 (310)†

19.2 (235)

Missing; n (%)

173–187 (6.5–7)

53–56 (8.7–9.2)†

120–131 (5.8–6.4)

140–151 (9.9–10.7)†

33–36 (2.6–2.9)

  1. * Disagree = totally disagree (response option 1) / disagree (response option 2)
  2. Neutral = disagree/disagree (answer option 3). For question ‘’older year medical students can teach younger year medical students well’’ including ´no experience’.
  3. Agree = agree (response option 4) / totally agree (response option 5)
  4. † Significant for p < 0.05 (rows)