Table 4.
Students’ self-perceived knowledge, motivation and preparedness for clinical placement or clinical practice. Descriptive statistics and Independent Samples t-test (All Cohorts. All Modules pooled. Surveys 2 and 3)
| Survey 2 Question |
Group | Descriptive Statistics | t-test for Equality of Means | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Std. Dev. | 95% C.I. | t | df | Sig. | ||
| KNOWLEDGE | Control (Sim) | 493 | 4.57 | 1.495 | 0.134 | -9.99 | 903.3 | < 0.001** |
| Intervention (VR) | 786 | 5.37 | 1.240 | 0.088 | ||||
| MOTIVATION | Control (Sim) | 493 | 5.73 | 1.134 | 0.102 | -6.04 | 968.0 | < 0.001** |
| Intervention (VR) | 786 | 6.11 | 1.027 | 0.074 | ||||
| PREPAREDNESS (for clinical placement) | Control (Sim) | 493 | 5.03 | 1.163 | 0.104 | -6.57 | 1018.1 | < 0.001** |
| Intervention (VR) | 786 | 5.46 | 1.124 | 0.080 | ||||
|
Survey 3 Question |
Group | Descriptive Statistics | t-test for Equality of Means | |||||
| N | Mean | Std. Dev. | 95% C.I. | t | df | Sig. | ||
| KNOWLEDGE | Control (Sim) | 268 | 5.10 | 1.097 | 0.134 | -0.45 | 515.35 | 0.653 |
| Intervention (VR) | 439 | 5.14 | 0.978 | 0.094 | ||||
| MOTIVATION | Control (Sim) | 268 | 6.00 | 1.067 | 0.130 | 0.532 | 543.143 | 0.595 |
| Intervention (VR) | 440 | 5.96 | 1.017 | 0.096 | ||||
| PREPAREDNESS (for clinical practice) | Control (Sim) | 245 | 5.28 | 1.161 | 0.148 | 0.48 | 464.156 | 0.632 |
| Intervention (VR) | 401 | 5.23 | 1.017 | 0.102 | ||||