Table 2.
Demand for future learning
| Question topic | Response categories | Total (%) | LMIC (%) | HIC (%) | p value (Fisher's exact test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Important for student to receive some | Yes | 449 (91) | 228 (97.0) | 221 (87.0) | <0.001 |
| teaching or learning opportunities | No | 7 (2) | 2 (1) | 5 (2) | |
| on women's and children's health in LMIC | Not sure | 33 (7) | 5 (2) | 28 (11) | |
| Important for students to learn about | Yes | 464 (94) | 225 (97) | 239 (94) | 0.224 |
| global health in general | No | 6 (1) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (2) | |
| Not sure | 18 (4) | 7 (3) | 11 (4) | ||
| Teaching should be optional/compulsory | Optional | 117 (24) | 55 (24) | 62 (24) | <0.001 |
| Compulsory | 348 (71) | 170 (73) | 178 (70) | ||
| Not sure | 23 (5) | 8 (3) | 15 (6) | ||
| Learning be made available in all or | All medical schools | 478 (97) | 227 (97) | 251 (99) | 0.098 |
| some medical schools | Only medical schools in LMIC | 11 (2) | 8 (3) | 3 (1) | |
| Learning on women's and children's | Lectures | 258 (53) | 114 (49) | 144 (57) | 0.078 |
| health best provided by: | Tutorials | 167 (34) | 78 (33) | 89 (35) | 0.690 |
| Group work | 323 (66) | 163 (70) | 160 (63) | 0.123 | |
| Self-directed learning | 95 (19) | 47 (20) | 48 (19) | 0.742 | |
| Student elective project | 193 (39) | 91 (39) | 102 (40) | 0.773 | |
| Student exchange scheme | 245 (50) | 109 (46) | 136 (53) | 0.124 | |
| Other | 19 (4) | 10 (4) | 9 (4) | 0.678 |
LMIC =low–middle income countries; HIC= high-income countries.