Table 3.

Medical student perceptions regarding clinical training

		Total ( n = 671)		Private (n = 129)		Public (n = 542)	p-value*
		n (%)		n (%)		n (%)
How important do you consider clinical rotations in your training?							0.7
Very Important		632 (94)		122 (95)		510 (94)
Important		34 (5.1)		6 (4.7)		28 (5.2)
Moderately Important		2 (0.3)		1 (0.8)		1 (0.2)
Slightly Important		2 (0.3)		0 (0)		2 (0.4)
Not Important		1 (0.1)		0 (0)		1 (0.2)
What changes have you experienced in your clinical rotations?							< 0.001
Cancelled		486 (72.5)		68 (52.7)		418 (77.1)
Virtual Rotations		182 (27.1)		60 (46.5)		122 (22.5)
No changes		3 (0.4)		1 (0.8)		2 (0.4)
How do you think these changes will affect your medical training?							0.065
Positively		12 (1.8)		5 (3.9)		7 (1.3)
Neutral		16 (2.4)		1 (0.8)		15 (2.8)
Negatively		643 (96)		123 (95)		520 (96)
Do you consider these changes will affect your performance as pregrade intern?							0.10
Yes		649 (97)		128 (99)		521 (96)
No		22 (3.3)		1 (0.8)		21 (3.9)
Do you consider the restrictions necessary?							0.001
Completely Agree		221 (33)		33 (26)		188 (35)
Agree		279 (42)		44 (34)		235 (43)
Neutral		116 (17)		35 (27)		81 (15)
Disagree		45 (6.7)		14 (11)		31 (5.7)
Completely Disagree		10 (1.5)		3 (2.3)		7 (1.3)
Would you feel safe going back to your clinical rotations?							< 0.001
Yes	276 (41)		76 (59)		200 (37)
No	395 (59)		53 (41)		342 (63)
In comparison to previous generations not affected by the pandemic, your feel that your clinical training was							0.10
Better	85 (13)		19 (15)		66 (12)
Equal	50 (7.5)		4 (3.1)		46 (8.5)
Worse	536 (80)		106 (82)		430 (79)
If it was possible to do so, would you repeat final year training?							0.3
Yes	551 (82)		110 (85)		441 (81)
No	120 (18)		19 (15)		101 (19)

^*Fisher's exact test; Pearson's Chi-squared test