Table 3.

Decisions made during the small-group debate

Decision	Class 1 (n = 19)	Class 2 (n = 15)
Option A	13	11
Option B	19	13
Option C	2	1
Option D	14	10

Option A Semmelweis’s nationality, Option B Semmelweis’s failure to publicize his findings, Option C physicians’ reluctance to wash their hands in calcium chloride, Option D Semmelweis’s views clashed with the dominant paradigm