Table 1.

Mean scores of participants on the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale in a study investigating personality and learning styles in relation to attitudes towards interprofessional activities among 79 undergraduate medical students

	Item	Males Mean (SD) range	Females Mean (SD) range	Total Mean (SD) range
1	Individuals in my profession are well-trained (1 missing)	5.4 (0.49) 5–6	5.4 (0.65) 4–6	5.4 (0.59) 4–6
2	Individuals in my profession are able to work closely with individuals in other professions	5.1 (0.59) 4–6	4.8 (0.71) 3–6	4.9 (0.69) 3–6
3	Individuals in my profession are very positive about their goals and objectives	4.9 (0.64) 4–6	4.8 (0.62) 4–6	4.8 (0.63) 4–6
4	Individuals in my profession need to cooperate with those in other professions	5.9 (0.31) 5–6	5.8 (0.55) 4–6	5.8 (0.51) 4–6
5	Individuals in my profession are very positive about their contributions and accomplishments	4.9 (0.59) 4–6	4.9 (0.78) 3–6	4.9 (0.71) 3–6
6	Individuals in my profession must depend on the work of people in other professions	5.8 (0.47) 4–6	5.9 (0.42) 4–6	5.8 (0.43) 4–6
7	Individuals in my profession trust each other’s professional judgment	4.7 (1.0) 2–6	4.8 (0.73) 3–6	4.8 (0.85) 2–6
8	Individuals in my profession are extremely competent (1 missing)	4.7 (0.71) 3–6	4.5 (0.75) 3–6	4.6 (0.73) 3–6
9	Individuals in my profession are willing to share information and resources with other professionals	4.9 (0.70) 3–6	4.8 (0.74) 3–6	4.9 (0.72) 3–6
10	Individuals in my profession have good relations with people in other professions (1 missing)	4.4 (0.73) 3–6	4.5 (0.69) 3–6	4.4 (0.70) 3–6
11	Individuals in my profession think highly of other related professions	3.9 (0.92) 2–6	4.2 (0.65) 3–6	4.1 (0.76) 2–6
12	Individuals in my profession work well with each other	4.5 (0.82) 3–6	4.8 (0.65) 4–6	4.7 (0.73) 3–6

All comparisons between genders were insignificant (p > 0.05), Student’s t-test