Table 1.
Method of Delivery of Internal Medicine Clerkship Didactics over Time
| Pre-pandemic (n=101) | Clinical interruption (n=66) | Clinical re-entry (n=93) | Currently (relative to survey launch) (n=95) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of responses (%) | p value* | ||||
| In-person | |||||
| Lectures | 95 (94.1) | 1 (1.5) | 9 (9.7) | 22 (23.2) | <0.001 |
| Small groups | 89 (88.1) | 2 (3) | 27 (29) | 38 (40) | <0.001 |
| Virtual | |||||
| Lectures | |||||
| Synchronous (live-streamed) | 11 (10.9) | 54 (81.8) | 79 (85) | 77 (81.1) | <0.001 |
| Asynchronous (previously recorded) | 22 (21.8) | 34 (51.5) | 39 (41.9) | 41 (43.2) | 0.019 |
| Small groups | 7 (6.9) | 42 (63.6) | 59 (63.4) | 54 (56.8) | <0.001 |
| Morning reports | 3 (3) | 28 (42.4) | 44 (47.3) | 46 (48.4) | <0.001 |
| Independent readings | 65 (64.4) | 50 (75.8) | 67 (72) | 65 (68.4) | 0.609 |
| e-learning platforms | 39 (38.6) | 47 (71.2) | 58 (62.4) | 51 (53.7) | 0.035 |
| Podcasts | 9 (8.9) | 18 (27.3) | 19 (20.4) | 18 (20) | <0.001 |
| Social media group | 2 (2) | 3 (4.6) | 4 (4.3) | 5 (5.3) | 0.224 |
| Other** | 1 (1) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.1) | 0.532 |
**Responses included “Virtual Grand Rounds” and “Discovery (bedside) Rounds”
*Pearson chi-square (1 degree of freedom) with Sidak-adjusted p values: tests for association between “Pre-pandemic” and “Currently”