Enhancing biostatistics education for medical students in Poland: factors influencing perception and educational recommendations

Table 3 Student opinion on analysed variables for biostatistical quality improvement

Study subject	Medical analytics		Dietetics		Pharmacy		Physiotherapy		Midwifery		Public health		Emergency medicine
Study subject	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Medical school faculties should require university staff to attend training in biostatistics	67	96	78	93	105	95	65	94	51	91	75	95	55	95
Receiving training in biostatistics during master’s/doctoral studies is sufficient to conduct statistical analyses independently in future research work	1	1	2	2	6	5	4	6	2	4	6	8	5	9
The credit for the course could consist in conducting a survey on one’s own, applying con. a credit for the course could consist in conducting a survey on one’s own, applying several statistical tests presented during the classes and presenting the obtained results to the teacher and other students	65	93	75	89	95	86	58	84	52	93	69	87	50	86
A credit for the course could consist in reviewing published articles from the point of view of statistical correctness	50	71	67	80	83	75	57	83	45	80	69	88	43	74
Additional optional classes in biostatistics could be offered to willing students	67	96	83	99	109	98	68	99	55	98	78	99	57	98
Online lectures should be offered to students/scientists, during which experts would discuss the most important issues related to conducting statistical analysis	69	99	82	98	107	96	68	99	56	100	78	99	57	98
Practical conducting of classes in biostatistics should be based on the field of studies taken	69	99	82	98	110	99	67	97	56	100	78	99	58	100

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