Table 1.
Characteristics of medical students from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine responding to a survey on self-perceived electronic health record readiness.
| Characteristics | University of California San Diego (n=95), n (%) | University of Nebraska Medical Center (n=52), n (%) | Total (N=147), n (%) | P valuea | |
| Gender | |||||
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Female | 55 (58) | 25 (48) | 80 (54) | .25 |
| Year of training | <.001 | ||||
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1 | 26 (27) | 0 (0) | 47 (32) |
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2 | 16 (17) | 30 (58) | 25 (14) |
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3 | 29 (31) | 11 (21) | 40 (27) |
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4 | 24 (25) | 11 (21) | 35 (24) |
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| Age (years) | .02 | ||||
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<25 | 25 (26) | 27 (52) | 52 (35) |
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25-27 | 46 (49) | 15 (29) | 61 (41) |
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≥28 | 24 (25) | 10 (19) | 34 (23) |
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| Extracurricular EHRb experience (≥1 month) | |||||
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Student-run free clinic | 64 (67) | 14 (27) | 78 (53) | <.001 |
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Inpatient setting | 45 (47) | 21 (40) | 66 (45) | .42 |
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Ambulatory clinic | 62 (65) | 17 (33) | 79 (54) | <.001 |
aPearson chi-square test was used to evaluate differences between the UCSD School of Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine.
bEHR: electronic health record.