Table 1.
Characteristics of participants and their self-assessed knowledge and perceptions about the COVID-19.
| Demographics and survey questionnaires |
Total students (n = 151) |
Pre-clerkship (n = 74) |
Clinical clerkship (n = 77) | *P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years±SD | 23.3±1.8 | 22.2±1.7 | 24.3±1.3 | 0.001 |
| Male gender, n (%) | 101 (66.9) | 55 (74.3) | 50 (64.9) | 0.222 |
| Ethnicity | 0.06 | |||
| Korean, n (%) | 144 (95.4) | 73 (98.6) | 71 (92.2) | |
| Arabian, n (%) | 7 (4.6) | 1(1.4) | 6 (7.8) | |
| Years | - | |||
| 1st/2nd, n (%) | 41/33 (27.2/21.9) | 41/33 (55.4/44.6) | - | |
| 3rd/4th, n (%) | 40/37 (26.5/24.5) | - | 40/37 (51.9/48.1) | |
| QA 1. How much do you think you know about the COVID-19? 0.573 | ||||
| Far below average | 5 (3.3) | 2 (2.7) | 3 (3.9) | |
| Below average | 9 (6.0) | 4 (5.4) | 5 (6.5) | |
| Average | 56 (37.0) | 32 (43.2) | 24 (31.2) | |
| Above average | 72 (47.7) | 33 (44.6) | 39 (50.6) | |
| Far above average | 9 (6.0) | 3 (4.1) | 6 (7.8) | |
| QA 2. Do you think SARS-CoV-2 can spread from patients to students during clinical clerkship course? 0.086 | ||||
| Definitely not | 8 (5.3) | 6 (8.1) | 2 (2.6) | |
| Probably not | 31 (20.5) | 11 (14.9) | 20 (25.9) | |
| Unsure | 30 (19.9) | 12 (16.2) | 18 (23.4) | |
| Probably yes | 63 (41.7) | 37 (50) | 26 (33.8) | |
| Definitely yes | 19 (12.6) | 8 (10.8) | 11 (14.3) | |
| QA 3. Do you think SARS-CoV-2 can spread from students to patients during clinical clerkship course? 0.129 | ||||
| Definitely not | 3 (2.0) | 3 (4.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Probably not | 28 (18.5) | 13 (17.6) | 15 (19.5) | |
| Unsure | 43 (28.5) | 20 (27.0) | 23 (29.9) | |
| Probably yes | 62 (41.1) | 34 (45.9) | 28 (36.4) | |
| Definitely yes | 15 (9.9) | 4 (5.4) | 11 (14.2) | |
Note: * P-value was calculated between the students on pre-clerkship course and on clinical clerkship course. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2, QA: questionnaire A, SD: standard deviation.