Table 2.
MSSRP student survey 2014–2016 the average mean of percentiles (Neutral values were not included).
| Questions Total # of student participants = 223 | Strongly Agree/Agree Pre – Survey* | Strongly Agree/Agree Post – Survey* | Strongly/Somewhat Disagree Pre-Survey* |
Strongly/Somewhat Disagree Post-survey* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Research is vital to the future of quality health care | 98.3% | 97.4% | 0% | 2.4% |
| Basic research is vital to the future of quality health care | 97% | 96.0% | 0% | 2% |
| Participation in Research is an integral part to being a physician | 73% | 75% | 5.2% | 7.2% |
| I will probably not be involved in research to any appreciable extent during my career | 13.3% | 19% | 59% | 58.4% |
| I will probably devote 1/3 to ½ of my career to research | 25.1% | 24% | 30% | 29.3% |
| I will probably devote the majority of my time to research during my career | 8.4% | 7% | 63% | 63% |
*Proportion analysis test was applied comparing ‘strongly agree/strong disagree’ for pre and post survey and was determined not be statistically significant, p-value > 0.05. Statistical analyses were performed using R statistical software (R Core Team 2017) [18].