Table 3.

Group Analysis according to the percentage of correct answers^a

	Groupsa				Total	p-value
	Group 1 (Bad)	Group 2 (Poor)	Group 3 (Good)	Group 4 (Excelent)
Age
Mean (SD)	26.7 (4.6)	26.5 (2,7)	26.7 (2.5)	26.8 (2.7)	26.6 (2.7)	0.2
Graduation Medical School
Private	45 (67.2%)	529 (52.7%)	440 (43.9%)	41 (28.5%)	1055 (47.6%)	< 0.0001
Public	22 (32.8%)	474 (47.3%)	562 (56.1%)	103 (71.5%)	1161 (52.4%)
Prior Medical Residency
Yes	8 (11.9%)	257 (25.5%)	478 (47.6%)	115 (79.3%)	858 (38.6%)	< 0.0001
No	59 (88.1%)	749 (74.5%)	527 (52.4%)	30 (20.7%)	1365 (61.4%)
Medical Specialty
Internal Medicine	2 (28.6%)	69 (27.4%)	300 (63.3%)	104 (92%)	475 (56.1%)	< 0.0001
Surgery	3 (42.9%)	102 (40.5%)	101 (21.3%)	7 (6.2%)	213 (25.2%)
Pediatrics	2 (28.6%)	81 (32.1%)	71 (15%)	2 (1.8%)	156 (18.4%)
Others	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0%)	2 (0.2%)
Prior training in Palliative Care?
Yes	24 (35.8%)	479 (47.7%)	577 (57.4%)	114 (79.2%)	1194 (53.8%)	< 0.0001
No	43 (64.2%)	525 (52.3%)	428 (42.6%)	30 (20.8%)	1026 (46.2%)
Do you have interest in learning more?
Yes	59 (89.4%)	939 (93.5%)	959 (95.6%)	140 (97.2%)	2097 (94.6%)	0.0213
No	7 (10.6%)	65 (6.5%)	44 (4.4%)	4 (2.8%)	120 (5.4%)
Do you fell prepared to care for dying patients?
Yes	6 (9.1%)	173 (17.2%)	240 (24%)	85 (59%)	504 (22.8%)	< 0.0001
No	60 (90.9%)	830 (82.8%)	759 (76%)	59 (41%)	1708 (77.2%)
Did you have prior experience with dying patients?
Yes	39 (58.2%)	708 (70.3%)	761 (75.6%)	131 (90.3%)	1639 (73.7%)	< 0.0001
No	28 (41.8%)	299 (29.7%)	245 (24.4%)	14 (9.7%)	586 (26.3%)

^aPercentage of correct answers: Group1 (excellent) 76–100%, Group 2 (Good) 51–75%, Group 3 (Poor) 26–50%, Group 4 (Bad) 0–25%