Table 1.
Health care professionals from developing countries are more likely to report benefits from course participants
| The course has been a useful learning experience | I have gained knowledge for their field of study or work | I have had educational benefits from the course | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation / response | Strongly agree | Agree | Total | Strongly agree | Agree | Total | Strongly agree | Agree | Total |
| Doctor | 49%a | 48% | 98% | 32% | 59% | 91% | 30% | 54% | 84% |
| Nurse | 62% | 31% | 92% | 43% | 47% | 90% | 37% | 46% | 83% |
| Midwife | 75% | 0% | 75% | 50% | 50% | 100% | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Nutritionist | 51% | 48% | 99% | 44% | 53% | 97% | 37% | 49% | 86% |
| Technician | 46% | 51% | 97% | 19% | 49% | 68% | 16% | 70% | 87% |
| Industry | 52% | 43% | 95% | 37% | 53% | 90% | 33% | 51% | 85% |
| Research/ academic | 52% | 47% | 98% | 33% | 55% | 89% | 32% | 51% | 83% |
| Med. stud. | 54% | 41% | 94% | 39% | 45% | 85% | 35% | 51% | 86% |
| Life.Sci. student | 47% | 50% | 97% | 34% | 56% | 91% | 35% | 51% | 86% |
| Average | 54% | 40% | 94% | 37% | 59% | 79% | 31% | 50% | 81% |
| Developing n = 453 |
53% | 45% | 98% | 37% | 53% | 91% | 33% | 53% | 87% |
| Developed n = 392 |
50% | 41% | 91% | 33% | 55% | 88% | 30% | 51% | 81% |
aNumbers are reduced to two significant figures