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. 2022 Jan 6;88(1):1. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3389

Table 2.

Description of the Study Characteristics.


CHARACTERISTIC N (%) REFERENCES

Student learners assesseda

    Nursing/midwifery 38 (48.1) [21,25,26,28,29,33,35,37,39,42,44,47,51,52,53,54,57,58,63,66,68,69,70,71,72,73,75,77,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,91,98]

    Pharmacy 26 (32.9) [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,31,36,38,42,43,51,59,60,61,62,77,89,92,93,95,96,97]

    Medicine 25 (31.6) [25,26,30,32,34,40,41,42,46,48,49,50,54,55,56,65,67,76,77,78,79,88,90,94,98]

    Dentistry 5 (3.6) [25,26,45,64,74]

    Physical therapyb 4 (5.1) [25,34,42,98]

    Social workb 4 (5.1) [28,31,54,98]

    Occupational therapyb 2 (2.5) [42,54,98]

    Public healthb 1 (1.3) [42,54,98]

    Nutritionb 1 (1.3) [21]

Topic areaa

    Cultural competence 56 (70.9) [21,22,23,24,25,28,30,32,34,36,37,38,39,42,43,44,45,46,47,50,51,52,54,55,56,57,58,61,62,65,66,68,71,72,73,75,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,87,88,89,90,91,93,94,95,96,97,98]

    Disparities 21 (26.6) [25,26,27,29,31,35,40,41,46,47,48,49,59,67,69,77,86,87,90,92,96]

    Global health 10 (12.7) [20,33,53,60,63,64,70,74,76,90]

Type of coursea

    Live didactic course 58 (73.4) [20,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,36,38,39,40,41,42,44,45,46,47,48,49,51,52,54,55,56,57,59,61,62,63,64,65,67,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,95,96,97,98]

    Service-learning course 23 (29.1) [21,27,31,32,33,34,35,37,43,48,53,54,57,58,60,65,73,74,77,78,82,83,90]

    Online didactic course 8 (10.1) [20,30,32,44,57,79,83,91]

    Live presentation 6 (7.6) [50,66,68,92,93,94]

Study methodology utilizeda

    Quantitative 68 (86.1) [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,44,46,47,49,50,51,52,55,57,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,81,83,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98]

    Survey questionnaire 68 (86.1) [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,44,46,47,49,50,51,52,55,57,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,81,83,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98]

    Pre/post assessment 51 (64.6) [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,29,31,32,35,36,37,38,40,42,44,46,49,50,51,52,57,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,71,74,75,76,77,78,85,86,88,91,92,93,94,95,96,97]

    Quasi-experimental 8 (10.1) [22,23,52,62,63,81,86,94]

    Randomized 2 (2.5) [30,65]

    Qualitative 24 (30.3) [33,37,43,45,47,48,53,54,56,58,59,68,69,70,71,73,74,76,77,80,82,84,90,92]

Outcomes assesseda

    Attitudes/perceptions/beliefs 72 (91.1) [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,75,77,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98]

    Knowledge 34 (43.0) [20,22,25,28,31,32,35,36,37,38,40,42,43,44,46,47,49,50,51,57,61,62,65,66,67,71,74,79,87,89,92,94,95,96,97]

    Skills 15 (19.0) [28,31,32,37,38,42,44,51,57,61,62,65,78,79,94]

Study sample size

    Less than 50 26 (32.9) [25,27,31,32,33,37,38,40,43,48,49,52,53,56,57,58,60,64,70,72,74,82,83,87,91,95]

    51–100 30 (38.0) [20,21,23,28,34,36,44,45,50,59,61,62,66,67,68,71,73,76,77,80,81,84,85,86,88,90,92,94,96,97]

    More than 100 23 (29.1) [22,24,26,29,30,35,39,41,42,46,47,51,54,55,63,65,69,75,78,79,89,93,98]

a Studies may satisfy more than one characteristic.

b Inclusion criteria for the review only specifically searched for studies regarding health professional students in medicine (including osteopathy and physician assistants), dentistry, nursing (including midwifery) and pharmacy. Other health professional students may have been included in studies that met the aforementioned criteria but were not specifically searched and cannot be considered comprehensive.