| Group |
|
|
<0.001 |
| Control |
24 |
48 (10) |
| Tablet |
31 |
59 (10) |
| Baseline score |
|
|
0.117 |
| • < = 50 |
26 |
50 (10) |
| • 51+ |
29 |
55 (12) |
| Gender |
|
|
0.161 |
| • Male |
20 |
56 (12) |
| • Female |
35 |
51 (10) |
| Age |
|
|
|
| • < = 27 |
19 |
54 (10) |
0.599 |
| • 28 |
18 |
53 (13) |
|
| • 29+ |
18 |
51 (10) |
|
| Nationality |
|
|
|
| • German |
50 |
53 (11) |
0.717 |
| • other |
5 |
51 (13) |
|
| Education Level |
|
|
|
| • Student |
36 |
53 (12) |
0.887 |
| • Resident |
19 |
53 (9) |
|
| Exposure to foreign medical education |
|
|
|
| Familiar with USMLE® Exam |
39 |
53 (11) |
0.633 |
| Not familiar |
16 |
52 (11) |
| Received training in a foreign country |
23 |
50 (10) |
0.157 |
| Training only in home country |
32 |
55 (11) |
| Received training in the US |
3 |
49 (3) |
0.085 |
| No training in USA |
52 |
53 (11) |
| Computer affinity |
|
|
|
| Number of computers owned |
|
|
0.11 |
| • 1 |
37 |
51 (11) |
| • 2 or 3 |
18 |
56 (11) |
| Current computer type in use |
|
|
0.883 |
| • Desktop only |
0 |
- |
| • Notebook/Laptop only |
26 |
53 (11) |
| • Both desktop and notebook/laptop |
29 |
53 (11) |
| Portable computer knowledge |
|
|
|
| • Tablet PC knowledge |
28 |
55 (11) |
0.083 |
| • No tablet pc knowledge |
27 |
50 (10) |
|
| • Smartphone usage |
13 |
55 (12) |
0.515 |
| • No smartphone usage |
42 |
52 (10) |
|
| Main computer usage location |
|
|
|
| • Home |
53 |
53 (11) |
0.415 |
| • Not home |
2 |
59 (7) |
|
| • Work |
44 |
54 (11) |
0.066 |
| • Not at work |
11 |
47 (10) |
|
| • Campus |
13 |
54 (13) |
0.735 |
| • Not at campus |
42 |
53 (10) |
|
| Current exposure to eLearning |
|
|
|
| Years of eLearning experience |
|
|
|
| • < 1 year |
26 |
51 (11) |
0.262 |
| • 1 year |
15 |
52 (9) |
|
| • > 1 year |
14 |
57 (13) |
|
| eBook use |
|
|
|
| • yes |
11 |
51 (9) |
0.558 |
| • no |
44 |
53 (11) |
|
| Resources used for problem solving |
|
|
|
| • Article |
40 |
52 (10) |
0.605 |
| • No article |
15 |
54 (13) |
|
| • Book catalogue |
34 |
52 (11) |
0.414 |
| • No book catalogue |
21 |
54 (11) |
|
| • Virtual Library |
30 |
52 (10) |
0.358 |
| • No virtual library |
25 |
54 (11) |
|
| • eBook |
7 |
54 (7) |
0.656 |
| • No ebook |
48 |
53 (11) |
|
| • eLearning |
1 |
58 |
— |
| • No eLearning |
54 |
53 (11) |
|
| • Other resource |
4 |
48 (10) |
0.356 |
| • No other |
51 |
53 (11) |
|
| • No resources |
15 |
54 (13) |
0.56 |
| • At least one of the above |
40 |
52 (10) |
|
| Search Engine used for problem solving |
|
|
|
| • Google |
48 |
53 (11) |
0.793 |
|
7 |
52 (8) |
|
| • Pubmed |
54 |
52 (11) |
— |
|
1 |
71 |
|
| • Wikipedia |
26 |
54 (12) |
0.63 |
|
29 |
52 (10) |
|
| • Other Search Engine |
17 |
51 (12) |
0.487 |
|
38 |
54 (10) |
|
| Self-rated medical knowledge (internal medicine) |
|
|
|
| • Excellent |
1 |
68 |
<0.001 |
| • Good |
19 |
60 (9) |
| • Passable |
31 |
48 (9) |
| • Adequate |
4 |
54 (12) |
| • Failure |
— |
|
