Table 4.
Involvement in Medical Student Preclinical Curriculum
| Units (N = 249), n(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching Activity | Major (4–5)* | Moderate (3) | Minor (1–2) | None/No answer |
| Patient interview/physical examination | 139 (56) | 65 (26) | 22 (9) | 23 (9) |
| Ethics/humanities | 77 (31) | 70 (28) | 72 (29) | 30 (12) |
| Critical appraisal of medical literature | 77 (31) | 64 (26) | 80 (32) | 28 (11) |
| Preventive medicine | 68 (27) | 60 (24) | 86 (35) | 35 (14) |
| Clinical epidemiology/public health | 50 (20) | 55 (22) | 107 (43) | 37 (15) |
| Biostatistics/informatics | 38 (15) | 65 (26) | 111 (45) | 35 (14) |
| Health policy | 34 (14) | 58 (23) | 123 (49) | 34 (14) |
*
Unit involvement in a teaching activity is scored on a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 = contributes to activity but has a minor role and 5 = primarily responsible for activity.