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. 2018 Dec 21;4(2):e19. doi: 10.2196/mededu.9081

Table 2.

A summary of the answers to Question 3 and responses to 6 statements on the Web-based survey.

Questions/statements Before, mean (SD) After, mean (SD) P value
Q3. How much did/do you know about security and privacy in health care before/after taking the course? (1=not very much, 2=a little, 3=some, 4=a lot, 5=very much) (n=51) 2.29 (1.026) 4.87 (1.833) <.001
Before/after taking this course with security and privacy content, rate the following statements (1=strongly disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 5=strongly agree)



S1. Security and privacy content is interesting (n=41) 3.29 (0.891) 3.77 (0.890) .01

S2. Receiving training in security and privacy is worth the effort (n=42) 3.64 (0.821) 4.15 (0.659) .006

S3. Improving knowledge of security and privacy is needed to ensure cybersecurity in today’s health fields (n=42) 3.81 (0.862) 4.39 (0.614) <.001

S4. Security and privacy training is a beneficial addition to my coursework (n=41) 3.76 (0.830) 4.13 (0.647) .02

S5. I am planning to enter a career that will require knowledge of security and privacy of health information (n=41) 3.51 (1.028) 3.96 (0.779) .003

S6. I would like to take more courses with security and privacy content (n=41) 3.20 (0.954) 3.68 (0.911) .002