Table 2.
Participants’ cognition about general medical knowledge.
| Participant’s cognition | Medical students Number Proportion |
Non-medical students Number Proportion |
χ 2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you know the procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? | ||||||
| Yes | 119 | 83.2% | 76 | 47.2% | 42.704 | <0.001** |
| No | 24 | 16.8% | 85 | 52.8% | ||
| Do you know the procedure of surgical hand washing? | ||||||
| Yes | 136 | 95.1% | 94 | 58.4% | 55.447 | <0.001** |
| No | 7 | 4.9% | 67 | 41.6% | ||
| Do you know how to use the automated external defibrillator (AED)? | ||||||
| Yes | 86 | 60.1% | 40 | 24.8% | 38.875 | <0.001** |
| No | 57 | 39.9% | 121 | 75.2% | ||
| Do you know the procedure of Heimlich maneuver? | ||||||
| Yes | 113 | 79.0% | 66 | 41.0% | 45.234 | <0.001** |
| No | 30 | 21.0% | 95 | 59.0% | ||
| What medical knowledge are you interested in? | ||||||
| Knowledge of first aid | ||||||
| Yes | 113 | 79.0% | 119 | 73.9% | 1.093 | 0.296 |
| No | 30 | 21.0% | 42 | 26.1% | ||
| Medical ethics | ||||||
| Yes | 59 | 41.3% | 43 | 26.7% | 7.192 | 0.007** |
| No | 84 | 58.7% | 118 | 73.7% | ||
| Sports health | ||||||
| Yes | 100 | 69.9% | 118 | 73.3% | 0.422 | 0.516 |
| No | 43 | 30.1% | 43 | 26.7% | ||
| The treatment for chronic diseases | ||||||
| Yes | 76 | 53.1% | 50 | 31.1% | 15.229 | <0.001** |
| No | 67 | 46.9% | 111 | 68.9% | ||
| Anatomy | ||||||
| Yes | 69 | 48.3% | 57 | 35.4% | 5.151 | 0.023* |
| No | 74 | 51.7% | 104 | 64.6% | ||
| The treatment for infectious diseases | ||||||
| Yes | 68 | 47.6% | 68 | 42.2% | 0.866 | 0.352 |
| No | 75 | 52.4% | 93 | 57.8% | ||
| Mental health | ||||||
| Yes | 85 | 59.4% | 92 | 57.1% | 0.164 | 0.685 |
| No | 58 | 40.6% | 69 | 42.9% | ||
| Sexual and reproductive health | ||||||
| Yes | 84 | 58.7% | 45 | 28.0% | 29.394 | <0.001** |
| No | 59 | 41.3% | 116 | 72.0% | ||
| Traditional Chinese medicine | ||||||
| Yes | 65 | 45.5% | 58 | 36.0% | 2.795 | 0.095 |
| No | 78 | 54.5% | 103 | 64.0% | ||
| Medical Interdisciplinary | ||||||
| Yes | 38 | 26.6% | 22 | 13.7% | 7.967 | 0.005** |
| No | 105 | 73.4% | 139 | 86.3% | ||
| What first aid skills do you have mastered? | ||||||
| Wound management | ||||||
| Yes | 115 | 80.4% | 92 | 57.1% | 18.886 | <0.001** |
| No | 28 | 19.6% | 69 | 42.9% | ||
| External fixation of limb fractures | ||||||
| Yes | 75 | 52.4% | 24 | 14.9% | 48.602 | <0.001** |
| No | 68 | 47.6% | 137 | 85.1% | ||
| Immobilization and transfer of spinal fractures | ||||||
| Yes | 74 | 51.7% | 16 | 9.9% | 63.525 | <0.001** |
| No | 69 | 48.3% | 145 | 90.1% | ||
| Treat sunstroke | ||||||
| Yes | 77 | 53.8% | 77 | 47.8% | 1.098 | 0.295 |
| No | 66 | 46.2% | 84 | 52.2% | ||
| Save drowning | ||||||
| Yes | 68 | 47.6% | 62 | 38.5% | 2.530 | 0.112 |
| No | 75 | 52.4% | 99 | 61.5% | ||
| Save carbon monoxide poisoning | ||||||
| Yes | 44 | 30.8% | 39 | 24.2% | 1.635 | 0.201 |
| No | 99 | 69.2% | 122 | 75.8% | ||
| Treat burns and scalds | ||||||
| Yes | 59 | 41.3% | 62 | 38.5% | 0.239 | 0.625 |
| No | 84 | 58.7% | 99 | 61.5% | ||
| None of the above | ||||||
| Yes | 9 | 6.3% | 26 | 16.1% | 7.220 | 0.007** |
| No | 134 | 93.7% | 135 | 83.9% | ||
*Chi-square test for difference between medical students and non-medical students (p < 0.05 considered statistically significant).
**Chi-square test for difference between medical students and non-medical students (p < 0.01 considered highly statistically significant).